Riccardo Donadon was born in Treviso and, after graduating from high school, embarked on a psychology degree course. In 1990 he started working with his father but his great passion was the internet, so halfway through 1995 he accepted the challenge to create a work crew whose purpose was to tell the world the story of the Benetton sports teams via the internet. A few months later the first Italian virtual mall Mall Italy Lab (http://www.mall.it) was set up. In 1999 it was signed over to Infostrada and is still present in the commercial area of the Italian portal Libero.it

September 1998 marked a turning point: Riccardo Donadon left Verde Sport together with the 8 people who had accompanied him along the Mall adventure and founded E-TREE (www.e-tree.com). From this moment on, it is all about e-nergy, enthusiasm and pure e-speedWith Riccardo Donadon, in just a few months E-TREE became a reference point throughout Italy for its way of working, its informal outlook, its rapid growth, its business method and the undoubted skill in the solutions created. In 2001, when the company reached a 26-billion lire turnover and employed 160 people, it was sold in its entirety to the Etnoteam group.

In September 2003 Donadon left E-TREE and spent almost a year looking after his garden, relaxing and pondering new ideas and new initiatives.

In January 2005 Donadon founded H-FARM, the first private Italian incubator, with the aim of transforming innovative ideas into successful startups. H-Farm was born in the countryside of Ca' Tron, near Treviso, and in May 2008 the second epicentre in Seattle, WA, USA was established. H-farm already boasts an operational office in Mumbai, India, which will soon become the third epicentre for business.

Maurizio Rossi was born in Italy in '64 and belongs to the "bad boy" generation. He is connected to creative culture and inspired by design because it shapes new things as well as people's minds. He likes to observe and understand people's lifestyles and their local traditions.In his previous-century experiences, Maurizio worked for a family-run company called Rossimoda, market leader of luxury women's footwear, at present part of the LVMH fashion holding, where his main commitment was new product-line spin-offs and market expansion.

In 1990, within his family group, Maurizio launched Vista Point, a business unit dedicated to internationally expanding leading US action-sports brands such as NoFear, Spy Optics and DC. He has been involved in both retail and wholesale distribution networks and believes that the 21st century will bring the big shift; the internet, new information technologies together with clean energies and environmental issues will be the driving forces of this great opportunity and Maurizio Rossi has joined and invested in H-Farm to make his contribution to innovating models and to support the shift that is coming.

Thomas Panto was born in Treviso in 1975, he is President of TVision, the company that owns 3 Television networks in the Northeast regions of Italy. Moreover he is the CEO of PANTO Spa, the family company, leader in window frame production. He is also the Founder and President of the Onlus Foundation Giorgio Panto, a non-profit organization wicht operates in the Veneto Area to support the weaker population. He is the President of Light Farm, an initiative that aims to make the Foundation Giorgio Panto self-sufficient economically, by the realization of a big technology park for renovable energies. This project is developed together with Telecom Italia, is producing an important cash flow and aspires to be the place of reference in the territory for meetings and training activities.

Luca Marzotto was born in Rome in 1971. Graduated in Law in 1995, he starts working for the Marzotto Group. His on site experience covers the whole textile chain, from production to management control and marketing. From 1997 until 2003 he gains experience on the Asian market, while in June 2003 he is appointed Director of Marlboro Classics, the sportswear division of Valentino Fashion Group SpA.

The Zignago Group. Since September 2005 he has been (and still is) CEO of Industrie Zignago Santa Margherita SpA (at the present time Zignago Holding SpA) and Vice Chairman of Santa Margherita SpA. Within the Zignago Group, he holds the positions of Chairman of SM Tenimenti Srl, Sole Director of Zignago Servizi Srl, Vice Chairman of Kettmeir SpA and Cantine Torresella Srl, Director of Ca’ del Bosco Srl. In 2008 he becomes the Chairman of Zignago Power Srl and Bagnolo Power Srl. Finally, he is Director of Zignago Vetro SpA, Vetri Speciali SpA and Vice Chairman of New High Glass Inc.

Other Businesses. Luca Marzotto’s businesses range over a wide variety of fields. In fact, since March 2007 he has been Director of Banca Popolare Friuladria SpA and since June 2008 he is one of the Chairmen of Federvini. In the world of fashion, he is a Director of Valentino Fashion Group as well as of Hugo Boss AG.

Environmental Sustainability. Luca Marzotto is an engaged upholder of the current environmental policies, paying a particular attention to the energy issue. In his role of Chairman of Zignago Power Srl, he has been promoting the realization of a biomass power plant, conceived in compliance with the most advanced technologies aimed at the production of green energy based on renewable sources.

Nicola Riello was born in Legnago the 20th december 1971, with a law degree from the university of Bologna, Master of “Bilancio e Controllo di Gestione Aziendale” from the University of Padova and degree in business english from the University of San Diego.

Nicola continued his professional path by covering various management roles within family industrial organisations. In 2001 Nicola Riello founded the Riello Investimenti group, a private equity holding of industrial participations. Today Nicola is the president and Chief Executive Officer of the company which manages around 35million euros worth of investments.

In 2007, the company becomes Riello Investimenti Partners SGR and launches its first investment fund, Gate, reserved for institutional investors and dedicated to private equity operations. The fund is now worth around 65 million euros with many important financial and banking institutions and industrial groups taking part of it. 

Stefania was born in Vicenza in 1970. She graduated in Arts and Philosophy in 1995 at the University of Padua. She won a scholarship at IRIGEM Institute and at the same time she started studying as gemologist. Her idea was working in goldsmith companies in the Vicenza area with a specialization that would have helped her having a more global view of this field.

At the same time she was studying and working and travelling all over the world: Australia, India, Africa,... After a short work experience in publishing and two years spent as a teacher, she signed a contract for the" Educational intervention planning" related to the Europen Social Funds. This assignment was interrupted as she was employed by an italian Bank in January 1998. Her bank experience last 13 years , her main tasks being related to the private customers portfolio's management.

While she was working for the bank, she took a Master degree in "Banking & Financial" at Bocconi University in Milan. In february 2011, she left the Bank to hold the role of CEO for the Red Circle Investment, a Financial Company of Renzo Rosso 's family. This adventure begins with the acquisition of the 20% of H-Farm, in the Board of Directors as councillor on the behalf of Renzo Rosso 's family.

Stefano was born on June 1^st, 1979 in Marostica (Vicenza) in North East Italy. After high school in Bassano del Grappa, he left Italy to pursue his studies at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he completed a BA in International Trade and Marketing. He began his work experience outside the family company, collaborating with brands like ZooYork, part of the Ecko Unlimited group. 

Stefano returned to Italy in 2005 with a new challenge: he began his professional experience at Diesel, working in different areas of the company (from production to  marketing), to become eventually Strategic Brand Alliances Director, planning and managing the brand’s collaborations in diverse fields. His latest projects were a limited edition sneakers series with adidas Originals, and the partnership with Ducati.

In July 2011, Stefano Rosso has left Diesel for a new position challenge: he is currently Director of Corporate Development for OTB (Only the Brave) Group, the holding which incorporates Diesel, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, and Staff International (an Italian company manufacturing and distributing licensed prêt-à-porter brands DSquared2, Just Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs Menswear, as well as the group’s own brands Maison Martin Margiela and Viktor&Rolf).   

Stefano Rosso loves and plays soccer, and he is president of the Bassano soccer team. He loves snowboarding and motorcycling, and he is into contemporary and street art and the whole digital world.