The chief commercial officer of Ferretti Group shares how he intends to take on the wonders of the world, one at a time.
If you’ve been toying with the idea of giving up the luxuries of your GCB for a more nomadic lifestyle at sea, Stefano de Vivo will be able to convince you of the latter in a heartbeat. The trained engineer, who is now chief commercial officer at the Ferretti Group, is what you’d call a good salesman—quick-witted, knowledgeable and eloquent. He also has a genuine interest in boats, and has personally lived onboard a sail boat with five friends, crossing the vast Atlantic Ocean, for an extended period of time when he was in between jobs.
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This combination of aptitude and passion proved a winner with his current boss and Ferretti Group CEO Alberto Galassi, who poached him to join the yachting group in 2014. Here, he comes full circle, having started his career in the nautical industry at the company in 1998. He was on a summer internship with what was then Ferretti Craft, before joining it full-time in 2001, working with the Riva brand for five years. The Hong Kong University in Science and Technology MBA holder later left to join Benetti, a competitor of the company, where he also stayed for five years, before moving on to do consulting work for global brands such as Volkswagen Group (Hong Kong), Desigual Asia Pacific and Progressio SGR.
Work has definitely required him to travel all over the world, but he isn't sick of travelling yet. Here, he shares his travel experiences, habits and goals.
