Fiorenzo Manganiello

Fiorenzo Manganiello is co-founder of LIAN Group, a leading global tech investment company engaged in building and funding successful companies in industries including blockchain and AI, healthtech, and digital infrastructure. He is also an enthusiastic art investor, with a particular interest in contemporary and digital art. In 2019, Fiorenzo co-founded LIAN Group, an investment firm that rapidly scales successful startups and SMEs across the globe. Fiorenzo has also co-founded multiple other ventures, including Cowa, the leading renewable European blockchain infrastructure operator, and Polar, a European owner and operator of AI data center facilities. Fiorenzo began his career as an entrepreneur in the financial services sector, and in 2016, he founded the investment banking team of a Swiss private bank. He also headed up several teams dedicated to UHNW clients. Since 2017, he has held lectures as a professor of Blockchain Technologies at universities worldwide, and in 2018, he was awarded Blockchain Expert Switzerland for 2018 by Acquisition International. Fiorenzo also founded LIAN Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at educating and contributing to high social impact initiatives. The foundation has hosted projects in collaboration with Art Gorgeous and Foundry, and recently partnered with entities including the United Nations, Art Basel, Art Dubai, and Geneva’s Red Cross. Fiorenzo is fluent in six languages and has a distinguished academic background, having attended IMD, London School of Economics and Luiss Business School. He is also a representative of the World Academy of Art and Science WAAS and is a patron of the Tate family of art galleries.

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