Luca del Bono

Luca Del Bono (born 12 October 1973) a London based Anglo-Italian entrepreneur [1] , most notably co-founder [http://www.quintessentially.com Quintessentially] , founder and CEO [http://www.beatcapital.com Beat Capital] .

Biography

Luca Del Bono was born in Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Italy, the son of Marco Del Bono [5] who pioneered as a hotelier on the volcanic archipelago in the late 1950's, and of Hermione Curtis. The eldest of three, his sister Melissa is a known fashion designer for [http://www.melimelo.it Meli Melo] , his brother Alessandro "Sacha" Del Bono awarded restauranter in Sicily [5] . Luca Del Bono leaving Lipari was educated from the age of eleven at the Oratory Preparatory School, Berkshire, UK, from fourteen he attended the Istituto Salesiano San Luigi in Sicily. In 1992 Del Bono entered Oxford Brookes University to study business, he also enrolled with the Oxford University Officers Training Corps [6] .

At twentyone Del Bono started his first venture, a Wine company under his own name, branding and selling wines across Sicily, before moving to London in 1995, working for high-end hotels. In 1997 returned to Lipari to run his family owned [http://www.carasco.com Carasco Hotel] , also a board member of the holding company S.I.A.T. (Societa' Immobiliare Alberghi del Tirreno) S.p.A.

In 1999 Del Bono joined Tom Parker Bowles and Ben Elliot to set up the global lifestyle company, [http://www.quintessentially.com Quintessentially] [2] , growing the brand rapidly across the globe, he was also based in New York. In 2003 with Hong Kong tycoon Sir David Tang and financer Ben Goldsmith he founded Beat, a management consultancy for the Hotel industry, expanding the business in 2005 by launching [http://www.beatcapital.com Beat Capital] a firm exporting and developing Italian brands worldwide.

Del Bono has been an advisor to a number of luxury companies such as Tiffany & Co. and Harrods, as well as being a brand ambassador to Ermenegildo Zegna and Tag Heuer, he has been supporting several charities including [http://www.unicef.org.uk/publications/pdf/annual_review_03_web.pdf Unicef] [3] and Slow Food.

Luca Del Bono receives regular media exposure as one of the United Kingdom's most "connected" society figures.

References

1. [http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=647841979 ZoomInfo Business People Information]
2. [http://www.whoswho.co.uk Who's Who of Britain's Business Elite]
3. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/19/nseason19.xml The Telegraph]
4. [http://www.unicef.org.uk/publications/pdf/annual_review_03_web.pdf Unicef]
5. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/mar/30/italy.europe?page=all The Observer]
6. [http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TATLER-DEC-2005-MADONNA-her-most-intimate-confessions_W0QQitemZ230024304976QQihZ013QQcategoryZ101077QQcmdZViewItem Tatler December 2005]
7. [http://www.trampmagazine.com Tramp Magazine September 2005]
8. [http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f44/tom-parker-bowles-sara-buys-family-news-pictures-part-1-a-13906-3.html The Royal Forums]
9. [http://dweb.repubblica.it/dweb/2004/04/10/attualita/attualita/117mad397117.html La Repubblica]
10. [http://www.h2biz.com/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=148 H2Biz]
11. [http://www.s2smagazine.com/services/Board/archive/index.php?t-4446.html S2S Magazine]
12. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XfN4hp9quWYC&pg=PP17&lpg=PP17&dq=%22luca+del+bono%22&source=web&ots=_uHDXSCcLM&sig=BcmNbIq-clbpIBqVLGIPyu0ZCbU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA310,M1 The Year of Eating Dangerously]
13. [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/pandora/blair-faces-legal-challenge-from-disaffected-labour-supporter-507554.html The Independent]
14. [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-360456-details/The+jet-set+junkies/article.do This is London - The Jet Set] <

External links

[http://www.naymz.com/search/luca/del/bono/472804 Luca Del Bono - Entrepreneur - London - United Kingdom]
[http://www.beatcapital.com corporate website]
[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/48/A94 LinkedIn]