Vito Pertosa | |
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| Born | April 22, 1959 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Children | 3 |
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Vito Pertosa (April 22, 1959, Monopoli, Bari) is an Italian entrepreneur, chairman of MERMEC (since 2006), and founder and chairman of Angel Holding (since 2008). He is a scientific expert on technological innovation at the Ministry for Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT), [1] [2] and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Sustainable Mobility Foundation (MOST). [3]
Vito Pertosa is the son of Angelo Pertosa, founder of Meridional Meccanica S.a.s. [4] [5] and dealer of Lamborghini Tractors. Vito began working formally in the family business in 1980, after graduating as a mechanical industrial expert and teaching at ENAIP. [6] In 1997, together with other entrepreneurs, he founded the Sviluppo Polis Association, which gathered more than two hundred companies, assuming the role of its President.
Upon joining Meridional Meccanica, Pertosa began a process of transforming the business toward the railroad sector, which led to the establishment of MERMEC S.p.A. in 1988. [7] In 2006, Pertosa became president of MERMEC. [8] [9] [10]
In 2007, he became Regent with the function of Censor for the Bari Branch of the Bank of Italy. [11] In 2008, he founded Angel Holding, a parent company of companies specializing in the research and development of technologies in different sectors, such as rail, aerospace, and digital mechatronics. [6] [12] From 2012 to 2014, Vito Pertosa was a board member of the Italian Space Agency. [13] [14]
In 2012, he founded SITAEL, an Italian aerospace company with entirely private capital operating in the market of small satellites, electric space propulsion, and satellite electronics. [15]
He was a member of the National Technical Committee for Innovation and Research of Confindustria and CEO of Centro Laser S.c.ar.l. (scientific research). [16] [17] [18]
Also, Vito Pertosa is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Sustainable Mobility Foundation (MOST). [19]
Pertosa was chairman of IMAGEMAP Inc.; vice president of the Tecnopolis Science and Technology Park; vice president of the Procomp Research Consortium, sole director of ITEL Italiana, and president of the Argenta Group, CEO of the South Space Consortium; and sole director of the 2M CLIV Consortium. [20]
As the President of MERMEC, in June 2023, he participated in the G7 Transport in Japan, representing Italy at the international summit. [21]
| Year | Ribbon | Class | Name of the Order | Title |
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| 2009 [22] |  | Knight | Ordine al Merito del Lavoro | Cavaliere del lavoro |
| 2022 [23] |  | Knight Grand Cross | Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana | Cavaliere di Gran Croce |
 | Entrepreneur Of The Year in the 'Innovation' category |
| — Ernst & Young — 2009 [24] |
| The NIAF Leonardo da Vinci Award in Technology |
| — 13 October 2018 [25] |
| Roma Award for Country Development - Economy, Corporate and Social |
| — 6 December 2018 [26] |
 | Honorary Degree in Automation Engineering |
| — Polytechnic University of Bari — 23 May 2019 [27] |
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