Experience and qualifications
Gabriele Cipparrone is a Partner in the Consumer team.
Gabriele joined Apax Partners in 2003 and is based in London after having worked in the Milan office for four years. He has participated in a number of key deals including Engineering, FULLBEAUTY Brands, Orange Switzerland, Weather Investments, TDC, Sisal and Farmafactoring. He serves as a board member of Engineering.
Prior to joining Apax Partners, Gabriele was a consultant with McKinsey & Company where he specialised in advising clients in the telecom and utility sectors, and he also spent a brief period at Soros.
Gabriele holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and an MS in Industrial Engineering from École Centrale de Paris.
Investments
Investments include:
Banca Farmafactoring S.p.A.
Factoring services
FULLBEAUTY Brands
Direct-to-consumer market leader in the U.S. plus-size apparel market
Orange Switzerland
Orange Switzerland is one of the leading mobile operators in Switzerland with 1.6 million customers.
Sisal SpA
Lotteries and gaming
TDC
Pan-European telecoms business
Weather Investments S.p.A.
Leading international telecommunications company offering mobile, fixed, internet and international communication services
Current directorships
Sisal SpA
Lotteries and gaming