Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (; born 31 August 1947) is an
Italian businessman, former Chairman of
Ferrari, and formerly Chairman of
Fiat S.p.A. and President of
Confindustria and FIEG. He comes from an aristocratic family from the region of
Piedmont in Italy. First he graduated in law from
La Sapienza University in 1971. Afterward, he studied for a masters in International commercial law at
Columbia University in the City of New York. He is one of the founders and former president of
NTV, an Italian company which is Europe's first private open access operator of 300 km/h (186 mph) high-speed trains.