Gabriele has been a sailor since he was 6 years old, becoming a professional skipper in his teens. By 19 he was successfully racing monohulls in his home country of Italy. Right after secondary school he moved to London working as a charter financial analyst at Lasalle Investment Management. After 8 years in the UK he returned to his home country and began work as an executive director for Servizimisuratori Indstrustrali in Milan eventually becoming its global sales director. After a successful run in management Gabriele's love of the see came calling again taking a position as Skipper for Italian Sailing School for 13 years and for the ...