Marco PALMIERI

Chairman and CEO, Piquadro

Marco Palmieri, a polyhedral and versatile man, no less than his surprising bags.
Much may be said of him: a successful young employer, tireless at work, or ever-present husband and father. A person, as well as a business man, gifted with acumen and a sense of humour. A nature lover and an enthusiastic reader, whenever work allows he seeks haven in the warmth of his family affections. Parents, children, nephews; the whole Palmieri clan lives in a great house surrounded by the green countryside of the Bolognese Apennines. His is a very large and united family.

When his collaborators, struck by his unusual vitality, ask him where he finds the time and energy to carry forward the many projects he is committed to, he replies simply that enthusiasm and the will to act always keep him going.

Marco Palmieri is a self-made man. His story began in 1988 with a machine and a workman and it now finds him, still only 45, at the head of a constantly expanding company, in the avant-garde on every front.

In 1996 he implemented a software system that used for the first time a water scalpel for cutting leather and, uniquely for the leather world, he has optimized company logistics by means of a completely automatic, computerized warehouse.

Once a student of engineering, Marco Palmieri’s natural bent towards the development of technological solutions and design does not stop here. After producing on behalf of some of the most prestigious Italian companies he decided to take a step up the quality ladder and enter the market with a line bearing the Piquadro brand name. This has radically revolutionized the briefcase sector with innovative products conceived for businessmen or young, dynamic professionals. The Modus rucksack, for example.

Curious, always up-to-date and gifted with an infallible flair for grasping new trends and market needs, he places high stakes on innovation and research, following personally the planning of every single Piquadro item. And his fingerprints are clear: excellent quality leather combines with revolutionary high-tech materials, care for the slightest details goes hand in hand with high-level engineering for unique products that happily unite functionality, technology and refined design.

As an employer, therefore, he is remarkable for the dynamism, creativity and open-mindedness that distinguish all his activities. For this reason his managers and all his collaborators are like him; young, enterprising and eager to make the Company grow. A well-assorted group, a clan tightly clinging to its leader, a great family.