Marco Bassetti

Marco Bassetti (Born July 10, 1957 in Varese, Italy) is an Italian manager and entrepreneur.

In the early 1980’s he started working as executive producer for Mondadori’s Rete Quattro, later moving to Mediaset. In 1986 he founded his own production company La Italiana Produzioni, producing light entertainment, game shows, talk shows and commercials. In 1989 he founded Aran, which soon became a leading Italian production company; supplying all major Italian networks with sit-coms, soap operas, light entertainment programs and TV movies.

From 1994 to 1997 he was also CEO of the Joint Venture with Grundy Italy, which later became Pearson TV Italy. In December 1997 he founded the company Endemol Italy and worked as Managing Director and then President of Endemol Italy until May 2004 when stepped down in order to dedicate more time to several entrepreneurial activities in Italy and abroad. He remains a member of Endemol's International Board.

In October 2007 he returned to Endemol Group as Chief Operating Officer and in August 2009 he was appointed President of the Endemol Group. Endemol is owned by Goldman Sachs, Cyrte and Mediaset

Marco Bassetti is also Member of the Board of Stage Entertainment Italy and Mediavivere.

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