The entrepreneur is a thinker, a poet. He must try to encourage the collection of ideas, because the development is decided by the head, not by the body. Pilade Riello
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The Family

Pilade Riello was born in Legnago (Verona) in 1932. He graduated in Economics and Business and with him the Riello Group, founded in 1922 by his father Giuseppe and his uncles Pilade and Raffaello, has gained an international footprint.

Institutional Charges

In addition to his family business activities, Pilade Riello was President of the Industrial Association of the Province of Verona from 1972 to 1978, of the Industrial Federation of the Veneto region from 1979 to 1985 and of the Triveneto Group of Chevaliers of Industry from 1999 to 2008. He also served for ten years (1980-1990) on the Committee of the Three Wise Men in charge of the election of the President of Confindustria.

Moreover, for 20 years since its founding, he held the office as of President of the Foundation for the Increase of Organ and Fabrics Transplantation (FITOT) and of the Scientific Research Consortium for Transplantation of organ, tissues, cells and regenerative medicine (CORIT), supported by the Veneto Region. He is past-president of the University Consortium of Business Organization (CUOA) and in 1983 he was appointed Chevalier of Industry.