Claudio Demattè was born in Trento on 4 March 1942. He graduated in economics from Bocconi University under the guide of Giordano Dell'Amore in 1966 and earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1970. He spent most of his career at Bocconi University and focused on strategic management, internationalization strategy, finance and the television industry. In 1971 he founded SDA Bocconihttp://www.viasarfatti25.unibocconi.eu/notizia.php?idArt=11161 and was its Director from 1984 to 1989 and then Chairman from 1996 to 2002. In 1988 he founded the journal Economia & Management (Etas).
