He graduated with honours in Physics from the University of Milan and obtained a PMD from Harvard Business School in Boston.

He is Chairman of the Techint Group, consisting of the companies Tenaris, Ternium, Tenova, Techint E&C, Tecpetrol and Humanitas.

In the 1990s he founded the Istituto Clinico Humanitas, one of Europe's most recognised polyclinic hospitals and an international centre for research and teaching, management houses Harvard University.

From 2004 to 2012 he was Vice President of Confindustria with responsibility for Education.

In 2007, he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro (Knight of Labour) and in 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree in Management Engineering by the Politecnico di Milano.

In 2010 he received the 'Premio Leonardo 2009' from the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, for his contribution to strengthening Italy's international projection in the steel, energy and infrastructure sectors.

From 2013 to 2017 he was President of Assolombarda.

Since 2014 he has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the Luigi Bocconi Business University and in 2017 he was appointed Member of the Board of Directors of the Leonardo Da Vinci National Science and Technology Museum Foundation.

In 2018, he was appointed Commendatore by Italian President Sergio Mattarella for his commitment and contribution to the country in the economic field.

He is on the Board of Brembo SpA and Member of the Advisory Board of the Politecnico di Milano.

He is Vice President of the Aspen Institute and Member of the same Executive Committee. He is also Member of the European Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School and Member of ERT (European Round Table of Industrialists).

Committed to social and charitable activities, he chairs the Rocca Foundation and the Fratelli Agostino and Enrico Rocca Foundation.

In 2023 he was appointed Vice President of the Giorgio Cini Foundation.

From 2020 to 2024, he was Special Advisor Life Sciences Confindustria, a position he was also confirmed for the four-year period 2024-2028.