Sergio Marchionne was born on June 17, 1952, in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. When he was 14 years old, he emigrated with his family to Toronto, Canada where they had relatives. Sergio has dual Italian and Canadian citizenship and is fluent in both Italian and English.
He earned a bachelor of Commerce and an MBA from the University of Windsor in 1979 and 1985 respectively. In 1983 he earned a law degree from the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Sergio is a Canadian Certified General Accountant (FCGA), barrister, and a fellow of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario.
He worked as an accountant and tax specialist for Deloitte & Touche in Canada from 1983 to 1985. Sergio was Group Controller and then Director of Corporate Development at the Lawson Group in Toronto. After working with several other companies in senior executive roles he became the CEO of Fiat S.p.A. in May 2003.
Sergio is widely recognized for turning Fiat back to profitability in 2006 less than two years after taking charge; he played a key role in also turning Chrysler back into profitability after it emerged from bankruptcy. In August 1, 2014, Fiat and Chrysler merged and Sergio now sits as CEO of Fiat Chrysler automobiles and Chairman of CNH Industrial.
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