Federico Marchetti

Federico Marchetti was born in 1969 and raised in Ravenna, Italy. His father worked in an automobile factory and his mother was a telephone operator. Marchetti graduated from Bocconi University in 1993 with a degree in Economics. His first job was at the Lehman Brothers branch office in Milan, where he worked in investment banking for three years. In 1998 he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies, and received an MBA from Columbia University following a brief career in finance and consulting, he created the Internet retailing company in 2000 in Zola Predosa. in 1999.

While at Columbia, Marchetti decided to leave the banking industry and become an entrepreneur, However, after receiving his degree, he took a job with Bain & Company in Milan after attempting to find a position in the American entertainment industry.

Marchetti is married to British journalist Kerry Olsen. The couple has a daughter. The family splits its time between an apartment in Milan; a penthouse in Hampstead, London (designed by Bella Freud); and a 9,600-square-foot former silk-weaving factory at Lake Como which was refurbished by film director Luca Guadagnino

His autobiography The Geek of Chic: An American Dream Italian style was published in 2025.