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Like his fellow Venetian, Marco Polo, Giancarlo Ligabue is a merchant who has spent much of his life seeking adventure and new cultures.
His study of economics at Venice University and his doctorate in palaeontology from the Sorbonne are indicative of his varied career, which combines business with archaeological, palaeontological and anthropological pursuits. "It is impossible to be a good entrepreneur if you are not, at the same time, familiar with all aspects of the world," remarks Ligabue. As president of a large international catering firm, Ligabue is able to fund the research and expeditions undertaken by the Centro Studi Ricerche Ligabue, which he founded two decades ago.
It is in ethnological research that he has made significant inroads, documenting almost unknown ethnic groups living in total isolation as well as those threatened with extinction. Ligabue, who organised his first expedition when he was 20 and won international recognition in the early 1970s with the discovery of a complete dinosaur skeleton in the Nigerian desert, has conducted over 100 expeditions. He has documented these in hundreds of publications, including the Ligabue Magazine, published twice yearly.
When not travelling the globe, the multi-faceted businessman is found fulfilling a variety of roles, such as president of the Venice Museum of Natural History and member of the European Parliament. |
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