Gianfranco Cicogna Mozzoni
| Gianfranco Cicogna Mozzoni | |
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| Born | September 29, 1962 |
| June 30, 2012 (aged 49)June 30, 2012 (aged 49) | |
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| 👩 Spouse(s) | Maria Cristina Moncalieri |
| 👶 Children | Ascanio Cicogna Mozzoni : Angelica Cicogna Mozzoni |
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| Family | Cicogna Mozzoni |
Gianfranco Cicogna Mozzoni (September 29, 1962 – June 30, 2012) was an Italian businessman, philanthropist and pilot. Mozzoni was the head of Ursus Telcom, a national telecommunications company located in South Africa, and a co-founder of Southern Farms.[1]
Biography[edit]
Born in the Metropolitan City of Milan(Italy), Mozzoni lost his father Giuseppe Ascanio Cicogna Mozzoni at 9 years old, and was then raised by his single mother Gioconda Gallardo. After having finished his secondary Education at Millfield School in England, he graduated at the University of Buckingham and earned a BSc in Economics (with Honours). Once he had achieved his degree in economics, he moved to Italy, where he attended Bocconi University in Milan.
Mozzoni joined Credit Suisse First Boston,[when?]. From 1993-1994 he was the marketing director of Benetton's Formula One team, a career that lead him to South Africa where he then settled, and co-founded Farmpro Farm Management in 1990 alongside Chris Steenkamp. in 1995 Southern Farms was formed a company which then evolved to become the leading table grape exporters in South Africa.
In 1994 Mozzoni co-founded Ursus SA, a telecommunications callback company, considered to have been a major rival to the already at the time established Telkom.[2] By 1997 Ursus SA had over 1000 corporate customers.
After having become Knight of the Order of Malta, he saw that he could do more for the welfare of the Kenyan people, by negotiating a bilateral relation between the two governments, and so, on July 9th 2008 Mozzoni handed over his credentials to Mwai Kibaki,[3] then president of Kenya, and was given the role of Ambassador of the Order of Malta to Kenya. Throughout Mozzoni's position as ambassador he set out on many charitable quests like his climb up Mount Kenya[4] to raise money to support community health work in the slums of Nairobi alongside many other endeavours like the primary school hygiene project.[5]
Mozzoni died in 2012 while performing at the Klerksdorp airshow in South Africa.[6] Investigators The cause of the crash has not been detemrmined.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Southern Farms - SA's leading table Grape Producer". www.southernfarms.co.za. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ↑ "Flamboyant Italian's fiery end at air show". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ↑ "Accordo di cooperazione tra il Governo del Kenya e l'Ordine di Malta". Order of Malta (in italiano). 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ↑ "Order of Malta Kenya - News Archive". smomkenya.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ↑ "Order of Malta Kenya - News Archive". smomkenya.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ↑ "Flamboyant Italian's fiery end at air show". www.iol.co.za.
- ↑ "Blog | La morte in diretta di Gianfranco Cicogna". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in italiano). 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "Fatal Crash – L-39 Klerksdorp | Infozone.tv". Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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