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Vainer Marchesini

Founder, Chairman & CEO, WAMGROUP (parent of OLI), Oli Spa Oli Vibrators

Search every verified Vainer Marchesini interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a June 2012 interview on La7's *In Onda*, Vainer Marchesini, founder and CEO of WAM, discussed the impact of a series of earthquakes on his company's operations in the Modena area. He described the disaster as "unimaginable" and noted that while the company's factories remained standing with only minor collapses, employees were unable to enter the facilities to secure them. Marchesini expressed frustration with the situation, stating that he was waiting for authorization to re-enter the buildings and criticized what he called a "suffocating bureaucracy" that he likened to the Hydra of Hercules, blocking progress. Marchesini also reflected on the history of his company, which he said he founded with 64,000 Lire 44 years prior and grew into a global enterprise with 44 subsidiaries and 2,200 employees worldwide. He noted that the earthquake had disrupted production and corporate communications, including server failures that cut off designers from technicians. He questioned whom an entrepreneur should address in such a crisis, expressing uncertainty about where to direct his concerns.

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