CEO, TELIT
WHY: Runs Irvine-based IoT company. Resigned as president of Italy’s world-renowned Series A soccer league earlier this year to run Telit while it relocated HQ from London to Irvine.
IN THE NEWS: Led purchase of IoT products unit of French conglomerate Thales to form new business, Telit Cinterion. Combined venture counts sales “north of $800M,” company officials said. Goal of over $1B in revenue of three years.
QUOTABLE: Quipped he initially thought the role of Serie A president “was for just giving the cup at the end of the championship.”
