Diego Piacentini

Diego Piacentini has served as one of our directors since May 2023. Mr. Piacentini founded View Different, an investment vehicle supporting entrepreneurs looking to scale their business and/or expand beyond their domestic markets. From February 2000 to August 2016, he served as Senior Vice President of the International Consumer Business and a member of the senior executive team at Amazon. Prior to this, from 1987 to 1999, he worked at Apple Computer Italy where he was eventually promoted to General Manager and Vice President of Apple EMEA. Most recently, he served a two-year civil servant term (2016-2018) as Italian Government Commissioner for the Digital Transformation, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. Mr. Piacentini currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Apolitical and is a member of the Boards of Directors of The Economist Group and Voi Technology. He also serves as a Senior Advisor for KKR as well as Advisor and Chairman of Exor Ventures. Mr. Piacentini holds a B.S. in Economics from Milan-based Bocconi University.