Riccardo Sarfatti

Riccardo Sarfatti (April 3, 1940, Milan – September 9, 2010, Tremezzo[1]) was an Italian architect, entrepreneur and politician.

In 1979 he founded Luceplan SpA (a company of 100 employees and turnover of €25 million) of which he was CEO.

He was president of CNAD (National Council of Associations for Design) and member of the Presidential Committee for Freedom and Justice.

He was involved in the association "Liberal Entrepreneurs", and was very critical of the president of Confindustria, Antonio D'Amato.

[2] When the political alliance, supporting Roberto Formigoni as a candidate for President, won the lombard regional election of April 2005, the political coalition of Sarfatti increased its voting percentage to 46.5%, in comparison to the 31.5% of the preceding weekday in 2000.