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[[Image:Luca di Montezemolo.JPG|thumb|[[FIAT]] president Luca di Montezemolo]]
The Marquis '''Luca Cordero di Montezemolo''' (b. [[31 August]] [[1947]]) is president and CEO of [[Ferrari]], president of [[Maserati]], and chairman of [[FIAT]].

Born in [[Bologna]], di Montezemolo studied at the [[University of Rome La Sapienza]], earning a law degree in [[1971]], and went on to [[Columbia University]] in [[New York]] to earn a masters degree in international affairs in [[1973]]. He drove briefly for the [[Lancia]] [[rally racing|rally]] team, but upon graduating went to work for FIAT. In [[1973]], FIAT moved him to Ferrari, where he promptly became [[Enzo Ferrari]]'s assistant and, in [[1974]], manager of the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Scuderia]]. In [[1975]] di Montezemolo was promoted out of Ferrari to be head of all FIAT racing activities,  and in [[1977]] he advanced to become a senior manager of FIAT.

Throughout the [[1980s]], di Montezemolo occupied a number of positions in the FIAT empire, including managing director of the [[Cinzano]] drinks company and director of the [[Itedi]] publishing company. In [[1984]] he managed the entry of the [[Azzurra]] yacht in the [[America's Cup]], the first Italian [[yacht]] to enter the event. In [[1985]], he became manager of the committee which planned and put on the [[1990]] [[Football World Cup 1990|World Cup Italia]].

In [[1991]], FIAT chairman [[Gianni Agnelli]] made di Montezemolo president of Ferrari, which had been struggling since Enzo Ferrari's death; di Montezemolo made it his personal goal to win the [[Formula One]] World Constructors Championship once again. During the [[1990s]] di Montezemolo resurrected the Ferrari road car business from heavy debts into solid profit. He also took on the presidency of Maserati when FIAT acquired it in [[1997]].

Under di Montezemolo, the Ferrari Formula One team won the World Drivers and Constructors Championships in [[2000]], both for the first time since [[1979]].

On [[May 27]], [[2004]], di Montezemolo became president of Italian business lobby [[Confindustria]]; days later, following the death of [[Umberto Agnelli]] on [[May 28]], he was named chairman of [[FIAT]], Ferrari's mother company. He is also president of FIEG ([[Federazione Italiana Editori Giornali]]) and vice-president of the [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna Football Club]].

Montezemolo became involved in the controversy surrounding the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]] when, on [[June 23]], [[2005]], he condemned the [[FIA]]'s requirement that a single set of [[tyre]]s must last the full length of a race, blaming the circumstances which caused the disastrous race on the new rule rather than on [[Michelin]], with whom Ferrari had formerly done business. [http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=33233]


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