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Pierleone Ottolenghi

Pierleone Ottolenghi is a Milan-based investment banker. He attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (1949-1952) and subsequently the Harvard Business School (MBA, 1954).

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Dear Mr Bush!

The United States president is preparing to welcome Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to address a joint meeting of Congress. A bad move, says George W Bush's fellow Harvard Business School alumnus, Pierleone Ottolenghi.

In memory of Franco Modigliani

The distinguished economist of Italian origin, Franco Modigliani, combined rigorous scholarship with principled engagement on public issues. A protest against Silvio Berlusconi’s indulgent view of Mussolini’s dictatorship was one of his last acts. Pierleone Ottolenghi, who shared with Modigliani the experience of forced exile from fascist Italy, recalls a life-affirming friend.

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