Retire Into the Laboratory Never the Boardroom

“In the house in Montecarlo, where in 1997 he would retire, leaving the helm of the company in the hands of his children, he had a laboratory constructed, equipped with cutting-edge technology, where, with the help of specialized staff, he would continue to experiment with recipes.”

“in 2009 I moved to the secretariat of Michele Ferrero. He was looking for someone who could be available also at unusual hours: 'I need a secretary to cover the nighttime part of my project activity.' Mr. Michele slept little: it could happen that an idea came to him, to be codified immediately, very early in the morning. I was used to the singularities of his requests: one day, during the Christmas period, I left for Brazil with a package of products to test for that market."”