Claudio Antonioli
{{Short description|Italian fashion entrepreneur}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|4 December 1962|df=y}}
| occupation = Fashion entrepreneur
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Claudio Antonioli (born 4 December 1962) is an Italian fashion entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurial Journey
He opened his first shop in Milan on Piazza Lima in 1987 under the eponymous name Antonioli, selling emerging fashion brands from all over the world at the time little known in Italy.{{Cite web |last=Eytan |first=Declan |date=2017-02-10 |title=Meeting Milan's New King of Nightlife |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/declaneytan/2017/02/10/meeting-milans-new-king-of-nightlife/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Today its retail chain has 8 stores in Milan, Turin, Lugano and Ibiza.
In 2015, with Marcelo Burlon and Davide de Giglio, Antonioli founded the New Guards Group (NGG) and held the role of president. Under the guidance of Antonioli, NGG took majority shares in the new fashion brands as Marcelo Burlon County of Milan, Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh, Palm Angels, Unravel Project, Heron Preston, A Plan Application, Alanui, and Kirin by Peggy Gou. In August 2019, Farfetch acquired 100% of New Guards Group for $675 million.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-09 |title=Farfetch Nabs New Guards Group for $675 Million, Prompting 40 Percent Stock Plummet |url=https://www.thefashionlaw.com/farfetch-nabs-new-guards-group-for-675-million-prompting-40-percent-stock-plummet/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Fashion Law |language=en-US}}
In September 2016, he opened the nightclub VOLT in Milan.
In 2020, he bought the Antwerp-based fashion brand Ann Demeulemeester.{{Cite web |last=Rabkin |first=Eugene |date=2020-09-22 |title=Claudio Antonioli’s Plan for Ann Demeulemeester |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/luxury/claudio-antoniolis-plan-for-ann-demeulemeester/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Socha |first=Miles |date=2021-03-05 |title=Ann Demeulemeester’s ‘New Beginning’ Under Italian Ownership |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/ann-demeulemeesterf-fall-2021-antonioli-new-owner-1234755180/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} In June 2021, he backed the launch of 44 Label Group, the fashion brand of the German DJ Max Kobosil.{{Cite web |last=Socha |first=Miles |date=2021-06-11 |title=Max Kobosil Is Channeling Techno Energy Into His New Fashion Line: EXCLUSIVE |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/max-kobosil-fashion-techno-antonioli-1234837395/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
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