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CH. 1 | THE CULTURE OF BEAUTY, FROM ITS ORIGINS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Ratti’s shareholders
Ratti S.p.A., the group’s centre of excellence
for silk, is owned 33.9% by Marzotto S.p.A. in a
RATTI’S SHAREHOLDERS
syndicate with Faber Five S.r.l, which also has a 16.5% DNA 1929
33.9% stake. Donatella Ratti holds 16.5%, while the S.r.l. remaining 15.7% is held by other shareholders.
33.9%
FABER FIVE S.r.l.
15.7% OTHER SHAREHOLDERS
33.9%
MARZOTTO S.p.A.
“Antonio Ratti was not a typical collector of contemporary art. He did not want
to possess a work of art, but instead
to absorb it
and live it himself ” Lorenzo Benedetti
point in the creation of a new language imprinted on a sinuous and noble material such as silk. In the years that followed, the group continued to expand through a number of acqui- sitions. In the early 2000s, economic changes in the world of fashion and the silk industry drove greater synergy and a subsequent strengthening of the balance sheet.
In 2010 an agreement was reached with the Marzotto textiles group and with Faber Five S.r.l., which became shareholders of Ratti S.p.A., holding a controlling interest.
Donatella Ratti, daughter of the founder, is currently Chairman of the Ratti Group, one of the largest manufacturers in the world of fabrics with a high technological and creative content. Ratti S.p.A. is a member of organisations including Confindustria (Unindustria Como and Sistema Moda Italia) and Centro Tessile Serico. The other companies in the Ratti Group are not members of any national or international associations.
1.2 The world of elegance, the world of Ratti
Mission, vision and values
IIn a world that is built on the search for beauty, Ratti proceeds by taking great care of and enhancing its work.
Antonio Ratti:
a patron with a vision
Beauty provides an infinite source
of creative stimuli that recount
a freedom of expression that avoids banality and overcomes preconceptions. An archive of images, designs
and colours that are values infused in the DNA of the company
and its founder.
Nominated Cavaliere del Lavoro (knight) in 1972 and appointed Honorary Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York, Antonio Ratti was one
of the greatest exemplars of Italian entrepreneurship, in addition to being one of the most enlightened patrons, both nationally and internationally.
His search for beauty went beyond
his passion for silk, the fulcrum of his business activities, to embrace the world of art in all its manifestations, such that his name was linked with some of the most prestigious cultural institutions, including the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan