Luca Gualco (born May 11, 1981) is a former professional athlete and entrepreneur. He played Water Polo for the Italian youth and main national team and for the club team Pro Recco as a center defender from 1995 to 2003. He won the LEN Champions League with Pro Recco both as a player and a member of the board, in 2003 and 2010, respectively. His style of playing is said to be very similar to that of Franco Lavoratori, his coach and mentor.
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Born | Genoa, Italy | May 11, 1981
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Sport | Water polo |
Club | Pro Recco |
Life and career
editIn 2005, he started Ferrari Financial Services that was later acquired by Fiat Chrysler. The company reached half a billion revenues in 2010.[1]
In 2012, he graduated from Stanford with an MBA. Later that year he joined Uber and led the effort to launch International Markets.[2]
In 2016, Luca co-founded The Because Market, a direct-to-consumer company selling personal hygiene products aimed at older adults.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "A Top Ferrari Executive Joins the Kickerpicker.com Team". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Howzit Jozi? Secret AFRICAN Ubers have arrived!". uber.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "This adult diaper company wants to sell CBD to your parents". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "How Two Uber/eBay Alums Sold 50 Million Adult Diapers And Raised $30M From Eric Schmidt, Et Al". forbes.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.