Luca di Montezemolo is an Italian businessman and the Chairman of Ferrari S.p.A. since November 1991. He has an estimated net worth of $400 million. Born Luca Cordero di Montezemolo on August 31, 1947 in Bologna, Italy, he graduated from the University of Rome with a degree in Law in 1971. He later specialized in International Commercial Law at Columbia University in New York.

Montezemolo began his career in sports with Gianini Fiat 500 that he raced along with his friend Cristiano Rattazzi. He also raced for the Lancia rally team called the HF Squadra Corse. He then joined the FIAT S.p.A., an auto manufacturing conglomerate in Torino, Italy. Later, in 1973, he moved to Ferrari and became the assistant to Enzo Ferrari. He then became the manager of Scuderia in 1974.

From 2004 to 2010, Luca di Montezemolo was the Chairman of FIAT and was replaced by John Elkann. He was the President of Confindustria and FIEG from 2004 to 2008. He is also the President of an Italian company, NTV. It is Europe’s first private open access operator of 300km/h high-speed trains. He was awarded the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 1997 after Jacques Villaneuve and was succeeded by Giancarlo Fisichella.