Paolo Barbieri is the Group CEO at Elite World Group after replacing My Unorthodox life star Julia Haart. Barbieri is also the Chief Risk Officer at SHS Asset Management since August 2020.
Previously, Barbieri served as the Deputy Chairman of Elite Model Management for five years in Switzerland. After the reality star of My Unorthodox life, Julia Haart, terminated on February 2022, he stepped into the position.
Barbieri is a skilled senior executive with experience in the business field for 37 years. He graduated with an MA degree in Business and Economics from Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.
Who Is Paolo Barbieri From Elite World Group?
Barbieri is the new Group Chief Executive Officer at Elite World Group in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, who is back to the agency’s business after the successful run in Fashion weeks. According to the senior executive, the fashion weeks went well in the strong season with their talent and agencies.
He is a senior executive who has extensive experience in financial and operational turnarounds. He shared skills in industries, financial services, fashion, media, and advertising. He had experience in more than 12 companies throughout his life.
Barbieri started his career after completing his graduation in 1985. He worked as a stage in Procter & Gamble for less than a year. Afterward, the senior executive became the Vice-President of Compagnia Privata di Finanza e Investimenti in September 1988. However, he left the position after four years in August 1992.
After one month, Barbieri joined Banca Akros as managing director – Of Equity Capital Markets in September 1992. He was in charge of the bank’s Equity Capital Markets Division, where he controlled over 40 professionals team.
Barbieri served for more than eight years. But while working at Banca Akros, he joined Akros HFR Alternative Investments in Janurary 2000 as founder, CEO, and CIO. Later, he served in Pioneer Alternative Investment for almost four years.
He was the general manager and CIO of the company. He was charged with Italian arms and regulated under the Bank of Italy. Also, he had compelled as deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer, where the CEO assisted in research and investment in London and New York.
Barbieri operated in mondoBIOTECH Holding AG as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for nearly two years. The senior executive was the Chief Executive Officer at Pacific Capital in Luxembourg for nine years.
Barbieri was the deputy chairman of Elite Model Management before he had recruited as CEO. He joined the company in February 2017, and while working on the EWG, he joined SHS Assets Management as Chief Risk Officer in New York, United States.
Paolo Barbieri Net Worth 2022
Barbieri estimated net worth is around $2 million, as Julia Haart had ranked $2 million as the CEO of Elite Management. According to Bustle, the former CEO of the company, Haart’s approximate net worth is $600 million.
Haart’s eldest son Shlomo Haart has a net worth of 300k. The COO of “Elite Model World and Haart assistant Robert Brotherton makes an impressive net worth of around $3 million.
Barbieri used to direct the Equity Capital Markets Division of the bank, where they represented over 60% of total bank revenue. He served as a managing director and worked in the company for more than eight years. So, he may have made husky cash in Banca Akros.
During his work in Pioneer Alternative Investment, he worked under the supervision of the Bank of Italy, which handles approximately 20 FoHFs onshore. Also, US$1.5 billion was under his management.
Barbieri served in the privately owned investment company Pacific Capital for nine years, which managed assets of over USD 700m.
Paolo Barbieri Replaced Julia Haart After She Fired From Elite World Group
Barbieri replaced Julia Haart’s position on the Elite World Group after she has fired from the company. Her divorce from her husband, Silvio Scaglia, impacted her business. Her ex-husband fired her as CEO of Elite World Group.
Even Silvio had shut off her email access and canceled her credit card authorization. However, she had to fight for the business as they co-own the company. The legal team considered her claim of co-ownership as a forger, and their client owns over 99% of all voting shares of EWG’s parent company.
On February 7, 2022, Haart had informed about her termination as CEO from the company’s Board of Director’s letter. The next day, the reality star transferred $850,000 from Freedom’s bank account to the company without permission.
Afterward, the lawsuit had filed and detailed the transferred cash as illegal company funds in New York’s Supreme Court. As a result, she was removed from the position of Board of Directors of the company.
Even the Delaware Court of Chancery stated in Silvio’s favor, and Julia had no half right on the company.