Giuliano da Empoli

Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian writer and journalist. Since June 2009 he has been Deputy Mayor for culture in Florence. He also functions as an executive board member at the Venice Biennale

From 2006 to 2008 he served as Senior Advisor to Italy’s Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Francesco Rutelli, establishing the first Italian Design Council in Milan.

Born in Paris in 1973, he grew up in several European countries, graduated in law at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the Institut d'études politiques of Paris.

At the age of twenty-two he published his first book "Un grande futuro dietro di noi" about the problems faced by the Italian youth, which sprung a national debate and led the newspaper La Stampa to designate him "Man of the year".

Since then, he has published six more books that explore the new economy and its social and political consequences:

Since 1996 he has been a regular contributor and columnist for the country’s leading printed media, including Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore and Il Riformista. He also hosted a weekly talk radio show on Italy’s main financial news radio, Radio 24. As an author and social commentator, he has been regularly appearing on all of the main Italian TV channels.

He is member of the Italy-USA Foundation.

He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences around the world (including Sao Paulo's ESPM, Geneva's Finance Foundation, Paris' Foundation Ricard and Zurich's Club Baur au Lac) and is a member of The Travellers Club in Paris.

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