Vito Pertosa
Born (1959-04-22) April 22, 1959
Bari, Italy
OccupationEntrepreneur
Children3
AwardsCavaliere del Lavoro (2009)

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 of Economic Development (MISE),[1] and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Sustainable Mobility Foundation (MOST).[2]

Biography

Vito Pertosa is a son of Angelo Pertosa, founder of Meridional Meccanica S.a.s.[3][4] 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.[5] 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. In 2000, he became vice-president.[6]

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.[5][12] From 2012 to 2014, Vito Pertosa was a board member of the Italian Space Agency.[13][14] In 2019, he received an honorary degree in Automation Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari.[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]

Awards and honours

In 2009, Pertosa was awarded an Italian order of knighthood Order of Merit for Labour by President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.[21] In 2022, he was awarded the most senior Italian order of merit — Order of Merit of the Italian Republic with the title of Knight of the Grand Cross by President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico" (PDF). mimit.gov.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Fondazione". www.centronazionalemost.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  3. ↑ Borrillo, Michelangelo (2018-04-12). "Il manager del satellite tutto made in Italy: «Papà costruiva rimorchi»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Vito Pertosa il pugliese volante che ha portato i sensori su Marte". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  5. 1 2 "Gli imprenditori piu coraggiosi d'italia" [The bravest entrepreneurs in Italy] (PDF). bestof.milanofinanza.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  6. ↑ "Tecnopolis - News - Giornata 2.5.2001". www.tno.it. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  7. ↑ Vito Pertosa, l'uomo dello spazio: dai macchinari agricoli all'elettronica per le sonde spaziali - Quarta Repubblica Video | Mediaset Infinity, retrieved 2023-09-20
  8. ↑ "London Underground chose MERMEC Unattended Geometry Measuring Systems (UGMS) for line inspection". Intelligent Transport. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  9. ↑ "How much is Italy's economic diplomacy worth? — The economic impact of the Farnesina's support to Italian enterprises. Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale". www.esteri.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  10. ↑ "MERMEC Once Again Proves Its Status as an International Leader in the Field of Railway Transport | RAILTARGET". www.railtarget.eu. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  11. ↑ "Deliberazioni del Senato Accademico" (PDF). poliba.it. 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Pertosa (Gruppo Angel): Università volano per la creazione di idee da trasformare in progetti concreti". www.teleborsa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  13. ↑ "Agenzia spaziale Italiana" (PDF). Italian space agency (in Italian). 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  14. ↑ Fuschetto, Cristian (2022-11-21). "I satelliti 100% italiani scelti per la missione dell'Esa". Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  15. ↑ "Politecnico di Bari, laurea honoris causa all'imprenditore Vito Pertosa". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  16. ↑ "CENTRO LASER S.C.r.l." www.tno.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  17. ↑ "C'è tanto Sud nel supertreno che viaggia a 1200 km all'ora - IlSudOnLine" (in Italian). 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  18. ↑ innovazione, redazione (2021-02-14). "Treni merci Italia. Mermec insegna! Porto di Genova 2021? Due Video terra-mare del futuro. Cosa ne pensa il Ministro dei Trasporti Enrico Giovannini? (di A. Martinengo)". FarodiRoma (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  19. ↑ "Mobilità sostenibile, dalla ricerca all'impresa". Poliba Chronicle (in Italian). 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  20. ↑ "NIAF Anniversary Gala Honors Six Outstanding Leaders". iitaly.org. 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  21. ↑ Fuschetto, Cristian (2009-01-23). "I Cavalieri del Lavoro del 2009". Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  22. ↑ "Pertosa Dott. Vito". quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
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