Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone

Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is a Roman property developer and President of Caltagirone SpA, a company responsible for large infrastructure projects globally.

In the late 1990s, Caltagirone turned his sights on new media, purchasing newspapers and ultimately incorporating all editorial concerns under the Caltagirone Editore name, the country’s fifth largest publishing company.

Caltagirone sits on the Board of Directors for both Confindustria and the Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers. He also acted as an advisor to the Auditorium Parco della Musica until 2015.

In 2006, he was named a Cavaliere del Lavoro and in 2007, was nominated as advisor to Assicurazioni Generali SpA, where he became Vice President in 2010.