Enrico Salza, innovative entrepreneur, publisher, banker, from Turin: a unique story that accompanies that of the economy and politics in Italy for 70 years.
The founder of Intesa Sanpaolo together with Giovanni Bazoli tells it in 'We will know how to do our part', the book that collects a year of interviews curated by the economist Giuseppe Russo integrated by a selection of writings that retrace his ethical choices from the Sixties and which will be presented tomorrow at 5pm at the Auditorium of the Intesa Sanpaolo skyscraper in Turin.
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'It is the story of my professional life and aims to restore the meaning and morality of the choices that were at the basis of it - writes Salza in the preface - If by birth I could probably have lived a life of comfort, by family culture the path was instead beaten step by step and was often steep, even paved with a few stumbles.
But I have always had the way and the strength to get back up, thanks to the masters I was lucky enough to meet and the collaborators with whom I worked and who loyally shared the objectives'.
Salza, 86 years old, is today president of Tinexta spa, was president of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, publisher of Il Sole 24 Ore, protagonist of the growth of the San Paolo banking institute in Turin and the merger of Sanpaolo Imi with Banca Intesa, promoter of the Project for Turin and other initiatives for his city.
The book, printed by Leo Olschki Editore, is published by the 1563 Foundation for Art and Culture of the Compagnia di San Paolo which carries out research, cultural production and higher education in the field of humanistic disciplines.
The evening event includes greetings from the president of Intesa Sanpaolo Gian Maria Gros-Pietro and Piero Gastaldo, president of the 1563 Foundation for Art and Culture, a round table with the participation of the former mayor of Turin Valentino Castellani, Mario Deaglio, Maria Teresa Martinengo and Giuseppe Russo.
The final speech will be by the former president of the Constitutional Court Gustavo Zagrebelsky.
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