[citation needed] His mother, Mila,[2] worked for more than 30 years in the Red Cross and is the only woman in Italy to carry the military grade of General.
During his studies he served his military service as an officier in the Carabinieri in 1980–1981 in Naples, achieving a Solemn Encomium for the 1980 Irpinia earthquake from the President of Republic.
His father, head of the Group for 30 years, delegated[3] full powers to Brachetti Peretti in September 2007.
He then transferred to Paris for two years, to study administration and finance after an internship at the Paribas Bank; he returned to the headquarters in Rome in the 1990s, taking growing responsibilities in other sectors of the Group.
[5][6][7] In November 2017 Brachetti Peretti, as chairman and CEO of API Holding, oversaw the company's acquisition of Total/Erg which was reported to be valued at around €650m.