Giuliano da Empoli


Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian and Swiss writer and journalist. He is the founding chairman of , a think tank based in Milan.

Life and career

Born in Paris in 1973, Giuliano da Empoli grew up in several European countries, graduated in law at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained a master's degree in Political Science at the Institut d'études politiques of Paris.
He has been Deputy Mayor for culture in Florence and a senior advisor to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
He has also been an executive board member at the Venice Biennale and the chairman of the Gabinetto Vieusseux in Florence.
From 2006 to 2008 he served as Senior Advisor to Italy's Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Francesco Rutelli, establishing the first Italian Design Council in Milan.
From 2014 he is member of the Italy-USA Foundation.
In 2016 he founded the think tank , a member of the Global Progress network.
He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences around the world and is a member of The Travellers Club in Paris.

Writer and journalist

Since 1996 he has been a regular contributor and columnist for the country's leading printed media, including Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore and Il Riformista.
He also hosted a weekly talk radio show on Italy's main financial news radio, Radio 24. As an author and social commentator, he has been regularly appearing on all of the main Italian TV channels.
At the age of twenty-two he published his first book about the problems faced by the Italian youth, which sprung a national debate and led the newspaper La Stampa to designate him "Man of the year".
Since then, he has published ten more books that explore the new economy and its social and political consequences.

Books