Pierangelo Raiola

Pierangelo Raiola is the Co-Founder and CEO of XTRA. Pierangelo has over 4 years of experience in the financial industry, including investment banking, corporate strategy, and portfolio management.

Pierangelo began their career as a Corporate Strategy Analyst at I.C.G s.r.l, where they led a team of juniors in the financial update of a $114 million construction project. Pierangelo also negotiated with the municipality of Naples for a €30 million cash payment for backlog revenues.

In September 2018, Pierangelo joined the Yale School of Management as an Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager of the Yale Student Managed Investment Fund. In this role, they managed $500,000 and presented fundamental analysis in public equities in media, technology, retail, and oil & gas industries.

Most recently, Pierangelo was an Investment Banking Associate at CapM Advisors from July 2019 to November 2020. Pierangelo was actively involved in numerous financing, restructuring, and mergers & acquisitions assignments in the media, technology, consumer retail, healthcare, software, business services, industrial, and financial services sectors.

Pierangelo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management from Bocconi University.

Pierangelo Raiola has a Master of Management Studies in Global Business and Society from Yale School of Management, a Master's degree in Management from IE Business School, and a Bachelor's degree in Economia aziendale/manageriale from Luiss Guido Carli University. Pierangelo also has certification from the ECDL / ICDL in ECDL Base, ECDL Full Standard, ECDL It Security, and ECDL Standard. Additionally, they are certified by the British Council in IELTS.

Martin Fontain - Head of Growth, Michelangelo Riola - Co-Founder & COO, and Ajay Naik - Co-Founder & CTO report to Pierangelo Raiola.