He is the founding chairman of Volta, a think tank based in Milan and a professor at Sciences Po Paris.

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1973,[1] Giuliano da Empoli grew up in several European countries, graduated in law at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained a master's degree in political science at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

[2] He has been Deputy Mayor for culture in Florence[3] and a senior advisor to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences around the world (including São Paulo's ESPM, Geneva's Finance Foundation, Paris' Foundation Ricard and Zürich's Club Baur au Lac) and is a member of The Travellers Club[6] in Paris.

[7] At the age of twenty-two he published his first book[8] "Un grande futuro dietro di noi" about the problems faced by the Italian youth, which sprung a national debate and led the newspaper La Stampa to designate him "Man of the year".