Stories

"Stevo" Goldstein

On the Racetrack and in the MBA Classroom

‘"Stevo" Goldstein, 28 years old from Colombia, is a pilot and races in an Italian championship for Ferrari. In his every day life, between races, he is a graduate of the MBA at SDA Bocconi.

Christian Kuhn

With a passion for challenges both professionally and on the seas, Frenchman Christian Kuhn is taking an MBA at SDA Bocconi, where he is President of the Sailing Club, to help his switch from engineer to manager

He didn’t really grow up with boats, mainly because his native city, Strasbourg, is quite a long way from the coast.

Stefano Mangini

Biking his way from China to Italy for an MBA.

Some five years ago Stefano Mangini travelled some 25,000 kilometres on his motorbike from Shanghai to Italy to attend an MBA course at the SDA Bocconi.

Lee Greene

An American in Tuscany: Lee Greene tells her story of wine and management in the Belpaese

Whenever one speaks of Italy abroad the subject inevitably soon turns to wining and dining, given the near-obsession people have about Italian food. Most people fall into the Italian food trap sooner or later. So it did Lee Greene...

Alessandro Lamanna

From Bocconi to Pampa, in the saddle at Nokia

If you call him in Miami, where he occasionally alights between trips to South America and elsewhere, he will answer the phone like any regular guy despite being the vice-chairman of Nokia's multimedia sector for the whole of Latin America.

Emilyn Ciocio

Emilyn Ciocio, the Muppets' best friend

The rambunctious Muppets are well-known to both parents and children, as they've been entertaining us for some thirty years now - Kermit and Miss Piggy, Gonzo and company have changed not a jot since their creation by the late Jim Henson in 1976, and the first transmissions of television's, much-loved Muppet Show.

Alessandro Manfron

Searching for one's roots

Sometimes studying abroad does not merely involve completing one's university portfolio; in some cases it can mean realizing one's dreams.

Ashanka Sen

Ashanka Sen, the manager with the sitar

Sen took his master's at the Bocconi at the age of 40, played a concert for the Dalai Lama, had an arranged marriage ("a custom not that alien to Italian culture" he notes), and appeared on the Zecchino d'Oro television show.

Ana Maria Drummond

Finding Pride and Satisfaction in the Third Sector

Before starting the MBA, I was working for one of the largest multinational consumer companies in the world. I had a managerial position within the HR corporate department in Brazil, good compensation and benefits package, an interesting position and a promising career.

Luigi Serravalle

Brainwaves come with swift feet

Managers and marathon: Luigi Serravalle managing partner of Masai Italia. The MBA and a career in constant flux.

Michel van der Spek

Scaling new peaks of achievement

Negotiating hedge funds for an investment consulting firm, or negotiating a sheer rockface may at first seem like two completely unrelated things. And yet the task of evaluating targets for speculative investment funds and that of scaling some of the highest peaks in the world both require a less than generic type of training. What is required is skill in tackling risks, a good sense of planning, and a basic passion for what one does.

Giannina Castellano

Giannina conquers Europe

Marco Porcellana

China hooks another MBA student

While travelling across China in a most unorthodox fashion (on a bike), MBA 27 graduate Marco Porcellana discovered an economic situation that convinced him to drop his previous occupation and act as a bridge for Italian companies seeking a foothold in China.

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Anna Vigliotti

Anna Vigliotti, managing in two hemispheres

Twin degree in Australia, master's in business administration in Italy, career multitasking for personal growth

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Sebastian Cardarelli

Luxury Vacations Can Be Hard Work

Sebastian Cardarelli gives us a look at an average day selling memberships in Exclusive Resorts, which he joined after obtaining his MBA.

Xu Qian

Qian Xu, bridging Italy and China

The SDA Bocconi MBA helps Europeans do business in the East, and the Chinese corner's new markets. Europe is not the American Dream, but there's room for growth as long as there's expertise?

Francis Sietchiping

Francis Sietchiping, an MBA with its sights on Africa

Thirty-six-year-old citizen of the Cameroon, Sietchiping is currently patenting a system that could reduced by 70% the number of operations on digestive tracts in the South Saharian Africa.