Paolo Barberis
Innovation Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister
Innovation Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister. He graduated in architecture between Italy and Germany and is co-founder of the Florentine seed accelerator Nana Bianca and also the creator of Dada, a leading company in the European web, mobile, domain, hosting and online advertising industries. At 32 he is the youngest president of a listed company, with an IPO on the Milan Stock Exchange in 2000. In 2000 he received the Fiorino d’Oro from the city of Florence. He has supported the development of the Web in Italy by leading users to explore the Internet and by showing them new ways to experience and interpret it. Dada.it (1995), Supereva.it (1999), Register.it (2001) are some of the services that he has expanded, reaching more than 30 million consumers and 500.000 businesses in 11 countries. He has founded, along with others, the following associations: Internet Society Italia, Internet Advertising Bureau and Italia Startup.
Start Date: September 2014
End Date: June 1, 2018