Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone
Born in Rome in 1943, Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is one of the most important Italian entrepreneurs. The group he founded is today divided into 4 listed and other unlisted companies, which operate in various sectors from real estate to the production of cement, to publishing, to infrastructure to finance. He is the publisher of Il Messaggero di Roma, Il Mattino di Napoli, Il Gazzettino di Venezia, Il Corriere Adriatico, Il Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia and the social press Leggo. Since 2010 he has been Vice Chairman of Assicurazioni Generali of which he is now the second largest shareholder. He is a significant shareholder of Suez Environnement, world leader company in water and environment management sectors, and Acea, multiutility of the municipality of Rome. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is also President of the LUISS Friends Association and in 2006 has been decorated with the Ordine al “Merito del Lavoro”, the decoration given by the President of the Italian Republic to men and women that obtained important business results. From 2006 to 2012 Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone was also Vice Chairman of the Monte Paschi di Siena bank. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone has 3 children: Francesco (n. 1968), Alessandro (n. 1969) and Azzurra (n. 1973) who sit on the boards of directors of the Group’s various companies. Francesco Caltagirone has been head of Cementir Holding since 1996 as President and CEO and also sits on the Suez Environnement board of directors. Alessandro Caltagirone is at the helm of the Group’s real estate activities and is a member of the Acea board of directors. Azzurra Caltagirone is vice-president of the holding company of the Group and of Caltagirone Editore and has important managerial roles in the various companies of the Caltagirone Editore group
Caltagirone Editore
Caltagirone Editore, founded in 1999, is a holding company which holds stakes in companies operating in the sectors of traditional and free daily press, internet, social press and publishing services.
Caltagirone Editore controls a group of companies that edit some of the main and most long-lived italian newspapers that have leadership positions in different italian regions.
The company has been listed on the italian stock exchange since 2000.
Caltagirone Editore is the second italian publishing group with 3.3 million average daily readers and is the 8th italian internet player with over 24 million monthly users.
The newspapers Il Messaggero di Roma, Il Mattino di Napoli, Il Gazzettino di Venezia, Corriere Adriatico, Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia and the social press Leggo are part of the Caltagirone Editore network.
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* Audipress 2018/III paper and/or multiples without sport and finance newspapers and included free press
Caltagirone Editore network is ranked 8th among the italian internet players with more than 24 millions monthly users
Caltagirone Editore is the 3rd italian news online publisher with an active reach over 58%
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Vianini
Vianini, a company listed on the Italian stock exchange since 1986, through its subsidiaries Domus Italia and Domus Roma 15, controls a portfolio of about 2,000 housing units in the Rome area. Vianini manages the leasing, sale, enhancement and maintenance.
This real estate portfolio includes newly built apartments located in residential areas of the municipality of Rome, between 35 and 90 square meters in size and equipped with parking spaces, garages and/or cellars.
The Group ranks among the leading Italian real estate groups in the residential sector.
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Vianini Lavori
Vianini Lavori has been worked for over a century in the most advanced sectors of civil engineering and construction and is today one of the most important italian groups in the sector.
The company has been involved in activities such as the Fiera di Milano Rho-Pero, the Rome-Naples high-speed railway line and the Rome Metro Line C and was the first group in Italy to be qualified as a “General Contractor”.
In 2015, the company left the italian stock exchange following the success of the takeover bid presented by FGC Finanziaria.
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Cementir Holding
Cementir Holding is an italian multinational company, the global leader in white cement with a diversified business portfolio of cement, aggregates, concrete and value-added products.
The company operates in 18 countries with a total production capacity of over 13 million tons of cement. It is the only cement producer in Denmark, the third in Belgium, among the first in Turkey and is a leader in the production of concrete in Scandinavia.
Cementir Holding offers innovative building solutions in 70 countries worldwide.
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Board of Directors
Chairman
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone *
Vice Chairman
Azzurra Caltagirone *
Director
Elisabetta Caltagirone
Director
Francesco Caltagirone
Director
Mario Delfini
Director
Saverio Caltagirone
Director
Albino Majore
Director
Alessandro Caltagirone
Director
Sarah Moscatelli (indipendent)
Director
Filomena Passeggio (indipendent)
Director
Massimo Lapucci (indipendent)
Director
Luciano Mozzato (indipendent)
* Legal representatives with ordinary and extraordinary powers
Statutory Auditors
Chairman
Giampiero Tasco
Acting Auditor
Stefano Giannuli
Acting Auditor
Maria Assunta Coluccia
Financial statements have been subject to a statutory audit by Price Waterhouse Coopers S.p.A..
email: invrel@caltagironegroup.it
History
1892
The Company G. Vianini & C. builds its first industrial plant in Rome to produce cement products. In the first years of the new century the company will become "Vianini Spa". In the 1920s, Vianini began expanding abroad. In the following decades the company willcarry out important hydraulic and infrastructural works all over the world.
1938
Vianini Spa (today Caltagirone Spa) is listed on the Rome Stock Exchange.
1984
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone takes over the Vianini Group (Vianini Spa, Vianini Lavori Spa, Vianini Industria Spa and Vianini Ingegneria Spa), listed on the italian stock exchange and active in infrastructure and cement products sectors. The group has a a strong international presence.
1986
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1989
Vianini Lavori Spa (infrastructures) and Vianini Industria Spa (concrete products) are both listed on the italian stock exchange. The parent company Vianini Spa change the name to Caltagirone Spa and becomes a holding company. In the following years Vianini Lavori will carry out important works all over the world including the highest dam in the world in El Guavio in Colombia, the main dams in Thailand and Laos, important hydraulic works in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Venezuela, all the main Italian aqueducts, as well as the Caracas metro, the Milan metro, the Rome metro line C, the Naples metro line 1, the Rome-Naples high-speed railway and the direct Rome-Florence route and important motorway projects in Italy and abroad.
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1989
1992
Caltagirone acquires Cementir from the IRI Group. This is the first Italian privatization. Cementir is one of the main cement producers in Italy and in a few years becomes the operative arm of the Group's internationalization process.
1996
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1998
Diversification in the media sector begins with the acquisition, in 1996, of Il Messaggero, the historical newspaper of Rome founded in 1878 and of the Piemme. In 1997 the group will acquire Il Mattino di Napoli, the leading newspaper in the south of Italy with over 100 years of history. In 1998 the group will acquire Il Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia.
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1998
1999
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2000
The dimensions assumed by the publishing business led, in 1999, to the birth of Caltagirone Editore and the following year to its listing on the italian Stock Exchange. Vianini Lavori, through Eurostazioni Spa, enters the capital of Grandi Stazioni, a company that manages the 12 most important Italian railway stations. The share will be sold in 2016.
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2000
2001
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2002
Cementir acquires the turkish group Cimentas, the third largest cement producer in Turkey and listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. The free press Leggo is founded, which soon exceeds 2 million average readers per day. The Group exceeds the 2% threshold in the capital of ACEA Spa, a company of the Municipality of Rome that distributes water and electricity. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone enters the capital of Banca MPS Spa. He will be Vice Chair of the Board of the bank from 2006 to 2012.
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2002
2004
Cementir acquires the danish groups Aalborg Portland AS and Unicon AS thus becoming a world leader in the production of white cement. Caltagirone Editore is enriched with Il Corriere Adriatico, one of the oldest italian newspapers and leaders in the Marche region.
2005
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2006
Cementir expands its presence in Turkey with the acquisition of the Edirne and Elazig plants and acquires the danish 4K Beton. Caltagirone Editore acquires Il Gazzettino di Venezia, the leading newspaper in the Triveneto area, reaching its current conformation.
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2006
2007
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2012
In order to adapt to the international dimension reached Cementir reorganizes itself creating Cementir Holding and three operating companies controlled by it. Meanwhile Cementir consolidates its presence in the waste treatment and alternative fuel production sectors with the acquisitions of Sureko AS (2009), Recydia (2011) and NWM Holdings Ltd (2012). The Group enters the capital of Assicurazioni Generali SpA with a stake of over 2%. In 2010 Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is appointed Vice Chair of the Board of the company. Participation in ACEA Spa grows progressively to exceed 16%.
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2012
2015
Vianini Lavori is delisted in order to rationalize the Group's activities in the infrastructures sector.
2016
Cementir Holding acquires Italcementi's activities in Belgium, thus gaining a strategic role in the heart of western Europe, and in Italy the activities of Sacci Spa, the 7th national operator. Caltagirone Editore starts a process of reorganization of its publishing activities, restyling the newspapers and development of the online newspapers editions. Vianini Industria acquires Domus Italia, a group active in the management of residential properties, changes its name to Vianini Spa and divest industrial activities. The Group acquires a 3.5% stake in the capital of Suez Environnement SA, a world leader in the treatment of water and waste to witch transfers 10% of ACEA Spa in exchange.
2018
Cementir Holding sells all italian activities to HeidelbergCement AG and, thanks to the acquisition of a further stake in the american Lehigh White Cement Company operating in the production and sale of white cement in North America, consolidates its position as world leader in production and sale of white cement. Caltagirone Editore completes the process of reorganization of publishing activities, restyling and development of online editions.
About us
Caltagirone is the listed holding company of one of the main Italian private industrial groups; it has a turnover of over 1.5 billion euros and a net worth of about 2.1 billion euros.
Caltagirone operates in the sectors of cement production, infrastructures, publishing, real estate and finance through three listed companies – Cementir Holding, Caltagirone Editore, and Vianini – and the unlisted Vianini Lavori.
Caltagirone is also a relevant shareholder in Italian and foreign listed companies operating in the insurance and services sectors.
Caltagirone is part of a Group which, founded by Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, started from the construction sector and then diversified in industry, publishing and finance to become a leader in Italian private entrepreneurship characterized by financial strength and strong geographical diversification.
Mission and Values
Since the foundation, Caltagirone’s mission has been to create value for shareholders through the implementation of policies to consolidate the leadership in the reference markets maintaining the financial solidity that has always distinguished the Company and the Group led by it.
Caltagirone pursues the aim of creating and protecting value for its shareholders, paying maximum attention to the results.
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*Situazione al 18 aprile 2019