Pietro Labriola
{{Short description|Italian business executive}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Pietro Labriola
| image =Pietro Labriola.jpg
| alt =Pietro Labriola
| caption = Pietro Labriola, CEO of TIM
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place =Altamura, Italy
| nationality =Italian
| occupation = business executive
}}
Pietro Labriola (born October 1, 1967, Altamura, Italy) is an Italian business executive who has been the chief executive officer and general manager of the TIM Group since January 2022.
Early life and education
Pietro Labriola graduated in Economics and Commerce from the University of Bari.{{Cite web|last=Carrà|first=Massimiliano|title="L'inazione non è un'opzione": Pietro Labriola racconta a Forbes il nuovo corso di Tim|url=https://forbes.it/2024/01/15/tim-pietro-labriola-racconta-forbes-nuovo-corso/|website=Forbes|date=15 January 2024|accessdate=26 December 2024|lang=it}} He then completed a Master's program in Management of Innovation and Technologies at Tecnopolis, Scientific and Technological Park of Bari.{{Cite web|last=Ingrosso|first=Marisa|title=Labriola: «Il Sud può essere la California del turismo»|url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/italia/1355139/labriola-il-sud-puo-essere-la-california-del-turismo.html|website=La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno|date=23 August 2022|accessdate=26 December 2024|lang=it}}
Career
Labriola entered the telecommunications sector early in his career, working from 1993 to 1994 as an assistant to the CEO of France Telecom in Milan. In 1995, he took on the role of Marketing Manager at Cable & Wireless Italia, while in 1996, he joined Infostrada S.p.A. as Head of Business Development, returning in 1998 as marketing director after a one-year experience at the consulting firm Boston Consulting Group.{{Cite web|last=Olivieri|first=Antonella|title=Chi è Pietro Labriola, l'anticonformista partito dalla Puglia e arrivato dal Brasile|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/chi-e-pietro-labriola-l-anticonformista-partito-puglia-e-arrivato-brasile-AEMJ3Yz|website=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=26 November 2021|accessdate=26 December 2024|lang=it}}
He joined Telecom Italia in 2001, holding various positions of increasing responsibility. After his initial role as Marketing Manager for Fixed Services, he was appointed marketing director for Fixed and Mobile Services in 2005{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/technology/29iht-wireless30.html|title=Wireless: Wi-Fi alliances set sights on 'nomad' subscribers - The New York Times|website=The New York Times |date=30 May 2005 |last1=Sylvers |first1=Eric }} and CEO of Matrix the following year. Subsequently, he took on the role of Head of Domestic Fixed Services in 2007, and that of Director of the Business Unit for the enterprise segment for fixed, mobile, and ICT services two years later. In 2013, he was appointed Head of Business Transformation & Quality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gruppotim.it/content/dam/telecomitalia/en/archive/documents/media/Press_releases/telecom_italia/Corporate/Institutional/2019/CV-Pietro-Labriola-ENG.pdf|title=Pietro Labriola - Biography}}
In 2015, he relocated in Brazil to lead TIM Brazil, first as Chief Operating Officer and then as CEO from 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/tim-part-ceo/brazilian-wireless-carrier-tim-names-pietro-labriola-as-ceo-idUKE6N1XH057/|title=Brazilian wireless carrier TIM names Pietro Labriola as CEO |website=Reuters }} supporting the company's growth and development, including the acquisition of Oi, the third-largest telecommunications company in Latin America,{{cite web|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/TELECOM-ITALIA-S-P-A-102978/news/TIM-TIM-Brasil-completed-the-acquisition-of-Oi-Group-s--40101913/|title=TIM: TIM Brasil, completed the acquisition of Oi Group's|date=20 April 2022 }} and obtaining 5G licenses.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/brazil-wireless-carrier-tim-uses-equipment-from-chinas-huawei-for-5g-tests-idUSL2N22Y1I9/|title=Brazil wireless carrier TIM uses equipment from China's Huawei for 5G tests |website=Reuters }} During his tenure, he started the “Mulheres Positivas” project for women's personal and professional development through training, courses, and job offers.{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/pense-grande/post/2022/10/tim-une-seu-app-de-revenda-ao-do-mulheres-positivas-de-cursos-e-vagas-so-para-elas.ghtml|title=TIM une seu app de revenda ao do Mulheres Positivas, de cursos e vagas só para elas|date=4 October 2022 }}
Since January 21, 2022, Pietro Labriola has been the CEO of the TIM Group,{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2022/01/21/news/labriola_e_il_nuovo_ad_di_tim-334713734/|title=Pietro Labriola è il nuovo ad di Tim Telecom Italia - la Repubblica|date=21 January 2022 }} following his appointment as General Manager on November 26, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tim-si-rafforza-candidatura-labriola-come-ceo-AEVf3Vz|title=Tim: finisce l'era Gubitosi, tandem Rossi-Labriola al vertice - Il Sole 24 ORE|date=26 November 2021 }} Among the initiatives{{Cite web|url=https://www.osservatorionline.it/en/news/andrea-ceccherini-presidente-osservatorio-permanente-giovani-editori-ha-promosso/|title=Andrea Ceccherini (President of Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori) promoted a meeting on tech-media literacy with The New York Times Director Joe Kahn and TIM CEO Pietro Labriola|website=Osservatorio Online – Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori}} he carried out are projects on the gender gap, included in the campaign “La Parità Non Può Aspettare” (“Equality Can't Wait”), such as the “Women Plus” app to enhance female professionalism – an initiative promoted with Women at Business and sponsored by the European Commission{{cite web|url=https://www.firstonline.info/en/tim-shops-become-purple-points-to-combat-gender-violence/|title=TIM: shops become 'Purple Points' to combat gender violence - FIRSTonline|date=10 November 2023 }} – and the collaboration with the association DonneXStrada to make TIM stores also places of first assistance for gender violence, called “Punti Viola”.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq4dB_D6k14|title=TIM: 'Purple Points' against gender violence with DonneXStrada |website=YouTube |date=13 November 2023 }}
In April 2024, the TIM shareholders’ meeting elected the new Board of Directors, confirming Pietro Labriola as CEO for a second term.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/telecom-italia-board-proposes-labriola-ceo-figari-chair-sources-say-2024-03-06/|title=Telecom Italia board proposes Labriola as CEO, Figari as chair, sources say
|website=Reuters
}}
Honors
| rowspan=2 style="width:60px; vertical-align:top;" | File:BRA Ordem de Rio Branco Comendador BAR.svg | Commander of the Order of Rio Branco |
| — March 9, 2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/pietro-labriola-premiato-dal-brasile-e-commendatore-dellordine-do-rio-branco/|title=Pietro Labriola premiato dal Brasile: è Commendatore dell'Ordine do Rio Branco|date=March 15, 2023|website=CorCom}} |
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