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Gianluigi Aponte (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanluˈiːdʒi aˈponte]; born 27 June 1940) is an Italian billionaire businessman, and the founder, owner and chairman of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).
4 days ago · About Gianluigi Aponte. Gianluigi Aponte and his wife Rafaela each own a 50% stake in MSC, the world's largest shipping line. Gianluigi first met Rafaela on a trip to the Italian island of...
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Nov 28, 2023 · Family business: The head of the family is Gianluigi Aponte (83), originally from Sorrento near Naples in Italy. Together with his wife Rafaela (78), a banker’s daughter from Geneva, he founded...
Nov 10, 2023 · Gianluigi Aponte made a move into the cruise industry in 1988, after purchasing the liner Monterey, a luxury ocean liner launched in 1931. He received a prize for ‘Neapolitan Excellence in the World’ from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 2009.
6 days ago · Overview. Aponte is the founder of Mediterranean Shipping, the operator of a fleet of about 700 container vessels. The Geneva-based company calls at around 500 ports worldwide. It also controls...
Apr 6, 2024 · Rafaela Aponte-Diamant is the richest self-made woman on Forbes' 2024 billionaires list. The 79-year-old cofounded MSC in 1970 and it's now one of the world's largest shipping companies. Her...
Dec 19, 2022 · He’d been sent by MSC’s owner, a secretive 82-year-old billionaire named Gianluigi Aponte, to contain a crisis. A few months earlier, more than 100 agents had boarded one of MSC’s ships, the...
May 19, 2022 · Gianluigi Aponte left a job in finance to focus on shipping. Now, decades later, he has one of the world’s biggest maritime fortunes.
Captain Gianluigi Aponte is the Founder and Group Chairman of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA. Born in Sorrento, Italy, Mr Aponte started his career as a captain operating passenger ferries in the Mediterranean for his family’s business after graduating from the Italian Maritime Academy.
