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Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone

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Born in Rome in 1943, Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is one of Italy’s leading entrepreneurs and has held the title of Cavaliere del Lavoro (Knight of the Order of Merit for Labour) since 2006. The group he founded now comprises four listed companies and several unlisted ones, operating across various sectors ranging from real estate and cement production to publishing, major infrastructure projects, and finance. He is the publisher of Il Messaggero (Rome), Il Mattino (Naples), Il Gazzettino (Venice), Corriere Adriatico, Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia, and the free daily Leggo. He is also a major shareholder in MPS, Acea (the Rome municipality’s multi-utility company), and Assicurazioni Generali, where he served as Vice Chairman from 2010 to 2022. From 2006 to 2012, he was Vice Chairman of the bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Since 2002, he has served as President of the Associazione Amici della LUISS (Friends of LUISS Association). Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone has three sons—Francesco (b. 1968), Alessandro (b. 1969), and Azzurra (b. 1973)—who sit on the boards of directors of the Group’s various holding companies and subsidiaries. Francesco Caltagirone has led Cementir Holding as Chairman and CEO since 1996. Alessandro Caltagirone heads the Group’s real estate operations. Azzurra Caltagirone is Vice Chairman of the Group’s holding company and Chairman of Caltagirone Editore.

 

 

Caltagirone Editore

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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 2023/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%

* Audiweb Total digital Audience January 2023

** Number of unique audience that have visited the entity among the active mobile internet and application universe

Domus Italia

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Domus Italia operates in the real estate sector and manages a portfolio of approximately 1,400 residential units in the Rome area. The Group deals with the leasing, sale, enhancement, maintenance and management of real estate assets.

The real estate portfolio includes recently built apartments located in residential areas of the municipality of Rome, ranging in size from 35 to 90 square meters and equipped with parking spaces, garages and/or cellars.

The Group is among the leading Italian real estate groups in the residential sector.

 

Vianini Lavori

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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

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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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Corporate bodies

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Board of Directors

Chairman
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone *

Vice Chairman
Azzurra Caltagirone *

Director
Francesco Caltagirone

Director
Mario Delfini

Director
Saverio Caltagirone

Director

Fabrizio Caprara

Director
Sarah Moscatelli (indipendent)

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Director
Filomena Passeggio (indipendent)

Director
Elena De Simone

Director

Nobile Francesca Comello

* Legal representatives with ordinary and extraordinary powers

Statutory Auditors

Chairman
Giampiero Tasco

Acting Auditor

Mario Venezia

Acting Auditor

Dorina Casadei

Financial statements have been subject to a statutory audit by Price Waterhouse Coopers S.p.A..

email: invrel@caltagironegroup.it

History

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

2021
Starting from 2021, Cementir Group starts to optimize its portfolio: through its subsidiary Cimentas AS, the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of Ege Kirmatas AS, a Turkish company operating in the aggregates sector.

2023 - 2024
In October 2023, Cementir acquired Casa Bayan Sdn Bhd, a quarry company in Malaysia and, through its subsidiary Recydia AS, sold its entire stake in NWM Holding Limited to Opes MRF 2013 Limited, a leading UK waste management company, thus exiting its waste operations in the UK. In 2024, Cementir acquired a ready-mix concrete plant and a minority stake in a second plant in Denmark, further strengthening its presence in the region. In the same year, the Group acquired an additional 25.40% stake in its Egyptian subsidiary, Sinai White Portland Cement Co. (SWCC), strengthening Cementir’s strategic presence in the Egyptian white cement market.

2021
In order to reorganise and rationalise the Group's activities in the real estate sector, the delisting of Vianini S.p.A. was initiated and completed, which changed its name to Domus Italia Spa

About us

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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 the unlisted Domus Italia and 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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