Time to play

By 2002, after four years in charge of Silvio Berlusconi's holding company, Claudio Sposito had had his fill of the media spotlight. Since then, he has been attempting to make Milan-based Clessidra the leading private equity firm in Italy. Andy Thomson discovers he has developed a new interest in toys

He may have spent 15 years as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley but Claudio Sposito, now chairman and chief executive of Milanbased private equity firm Clessidra, is probably no fan of “masters of the universe”. On the other hand, he is greatly enthused by the “invincible lords of nature” – otherwise known as Gormiti.

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