Andrea Illy

Andrea Illy
File:Andrea Illy at the World Economic Forum on Europe 2011.jpg Andrea Illy, at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia (June 2011)
Born	(1964-09-02) 2 September 1964 Trieste, Italy
Nationality	Italy
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	illy

Andrea Illy (born 2 September 1964, Trieste) is an Italian businessman. He is the Chairman/CEO of illycaffè S.p.A., a family coffee business founded in Trieste in 1933.

Life and education

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Andrea Illy (Trieste, June 1994)

Illy was born on 2 September 1964 in Trieste, Italy and is the son of Ernesto Illy. He started his studies in Switzerland and graduated in Chemistry at the University of Trieste. He subsequently took a Master Executive at SDA Bocconi in Milan. In 2003, he joined the Advisory Board of SDA Bocconi. Andrea Illy is married and has three daughters.

Business career

In 1990, he joined the company in the quality control department, where he started the F.A.I. Qualità program, thanks to which illycaffè was one of the first food companies in the world with two quality certifications. After being director in charge of production and quality control, Andrea Illy was appointed CEO in 1994. In 2004, he was awarded the title of "Imprenditore dell'Anno" (English: Businessman of the Year) by Ernst & Young Italia. In 2005, illycaffè shareholders' meeting appointed Andrea Illy chairman of illycaffè.

In April 2013, he was elected President of Altagamma (Italian Association of Industries of Alta Gamma), of which he is a member of the Board of Directors since 1999 and, as a representative of the food industry, vice-president since 2007.

Achievements

In 1996, Illy was chosen as "Marketing Superstar" by the American magazine Advertising Age. Under his leadership, the illy brand became well-known all over the world as one of the symbols of the "Made in Italy"".

At illycaffè, he developed several projects:

• the "Università del caffè", the excellence centre created with the objective of developing and spreading the culture of coffee in the world
• the "Espressamente illy", the one brand franchise bar chain
• the "Iperespresso method", the new capsules system to prepare espresso

Asic

In 1999, he undertook the role of president of the Association for Science and Information on Coffee (ASIC), an independent scientific coffee organization.

Publications

• . Co-written with other experts in the sector, the book deals with scientific-technological aspects of coffee.

See also

• Ernesto Illy
• Riccardo Illy
• illycaffè

External links

• illycaffè International Website
• The New York Times: Coffehouses as Fashion Boutiques
• The Times: The original Mr Bean