Miro Allione

Admiro (Miro) Allione (December 20, 1932 – January 14, 2006) was an Italian executive who has been serving as managing director of STET (now Telecom Italia) and President and CEO of Stream (now Sky Italia).[1]

Miro Allione
Born
Admiro Allione

(1932-12-20)20 December 1932
Milano, Italy
DiedJanuary 14, 2006(2006-01-14) (aged 73)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forManaging director of STET, President and CEO of Stream
Spouse(s)Unknown first wife
Anna Maramao (1991-2006)
Children2 from the first wife, 1 from the second wife.
Parent(s)Abramo Allione (father)

Before being involved in telecommunications he was a professor of mathematics and an author of many economics and mathematics books.[2]

Biography

Miro Allione was born the 20 December 1932 in Milan, he was the first son of Abramo Allione, an Italian composer, publisher and record producer. The name "Admiro" was mistakenly registered to the local register office and was never changed into "Miro", name that he always used.

He graduated at university in mathematics and economics in 1961 and then started a career as a mathematics professor, also writing economics essays and books.[3]

In 1984 he entered the STET, a leading Italian telecommunications company. Then in the 1990 he is promoted to managing director of the company.[4]

In 1993 he leaves the STET to create Stream S.P.A.,[5] a television company service provider of Stream TV, that will become the second Pay TV in Italy, until the fusion with TELE+ and the creation of SKY Italia. He served as President and CEO of Stream until 1999.[6]

In 1999, after leaving Stream S.P.A. he joined the Board of Directors of Systeam S.P.A., an Italian company based on e-systems integrators with an extensive portfolio of blue chip clients.[7][8]

Form 2001 he was the CEO of Marine Contractor, a company working for Fincantieri in the costruction of cruise ships.

During his life he wrote books, some essays, many articles on journals (in particular on il manifesto) and specialized magazines, covering mathemathics, economics, and tele-communications themes.[2] He was also often interviewed on radios (such as Radio Radicale) and television about those topics.[9]

He passed away in Rome, in January 2006, after some months in hospital.[10]

References
  1. "Murdoch's Italian foothold". The Independent. 28 April 1999. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. From Google Books, some of the books written by Miro Allione
  3. (in English) G. Colombo, Who's Who in Italy, Sutter's International Red Series, 1997. ISBN 8885246362 - ISBN 9788885246362
  4. Edoardo Borriello (4 April 1996). "La STET lancia la TV interattiva" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. "Rivoluzione alla Stet Allione va a Stream" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 23 December 1993. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  6. "Italians, News Corp. set board for Stream pay TV". Highbeam Business. 20 September 1995. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  7. "ci4net.com Acquires Systeam, a Leading Italian E-Systems Integrator; Prof. Admiro Allione, ex-CEO of Stream Joins the Board of Directors of Systeam.". PR Newswire. April 7, 2000. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  8. "SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 - document 24 January, 2000 about Systeam S.p.a." Securities and Exchange Commission. 24 January 2000. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  9. "Interventi di Miro Allione Radio Radicale" (in Italian). Radio Radicale. 1992–1994. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. repubblica.it (16 January 2006). "Repubblica.it Necrologio ALLIONE MIRO Roma, 17 Gennaio 2006" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.


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