Federico Marchetti, Founder & CEO, Yoox.COM

Federico Marchetti founded Yoox.com in 2000, after working at Bain & Co. as a strategic consultant, Lehman Brothers as an expert in luxury goods and as a banker in mergers and acquisitions. He also has served as the personal consultant to major fashion houses in Europe and the United States. Frederico views the Internet as the perfect channel through which to introduce a new retail and communications platform - one that joins fashion, design, art and technology all in one virtual space. Today, Yoox is the most visited fashion web site in Europe and is the global e-commerce partner for leading brands in fashion and the only player with an operational presence in the United States, Canada, Japan and 25 European countries, with 400,000 items delivered across the globe in 2004 and more than 2.5 million visitors every month. Federico studied economics at Bocconi University in Milan and received an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.