Nicola Drago

Vice President

Nicola Drago, born in 1978, married and father of two daughters, graduated cum laude at Università Bocconi, worked at Sonenshine Partners in New York and at McKinsey in Milan, and subsequently earned an MBA from Columbia University in New York.

Since 2008, he has held various positions at De Agostini Group, starting as controller at Banijay Group in Paris.

In 2016 he became CEO of De Agostini Publishing, a global leading company in the collectibles sector, which he was responsible for revamping and relaunching and earned him the ‘EY Entrepreneur of the Year’ award in 2021.

He is Vice-Chairman of De Agostini Group and of Content Group.

He co-founded the venture capital fund Connect Ventures in London and sits on the Board of Directors of S. Faustin (Tenaris/Techint Group), Atresmedia (Antena Tres), DeA Capital, Venchi and of several non-profit organizations including Ubuntu Pathways, Opes Impact Fund and Fondazione De Agostini. In 2022 he founded ioCambio, a civic movement that promotes institutional reforms.