Paolo Vitelli (businessman)

Paolo Vitelli (4 October 1947 – 31 December 2024) was an Italian businessman, the founder in 1969 of the motor yacht company Azimut.

Azimut|Benetti sells 95% of its production abroad through a global network of dealers in 70 countries, supported by offices managed directly by the company in the world’s main yachting centers.

[3] Paolo Vitelli was involved in the construction of modern tourist ports in Varazze, Viareggio and Livorno in Italy, in the old town in La Valletta, Malta, and on Lake Chimki (Moscow) in Russia.

In this period he did much to boost the industry’s development, promoting the introduction of law 172/2003 and the approval of yacht leasing and other measures that have contributed to the sector’s success.

From March 2013 to September 2015, he was a member of the Italian parliament, elected in the Civic Choice List with Monti for Italy.