Benetti · Yacht builders of Italy and the Netherlands

What happened, 2023 to 2026

Apr 2023OwnerSaudi PIF takes a 33% minority stake in the group
Sep 2023Top seatMassimiliano Casoni, ex-Technogym COO, named general manager
Jun 2024Top seatDaniela Petrozzi sales director; CCO Fanizza leaves
Aug 2025Build67 m Lady Estey delivered; 15th B.Now 50 M delivered
Jun 2026MoneyEUR 100 m more investment in the Tuscan yards to 2028
Oct 2026DealGroup bids for the assets of The Italian Sea Group

What it adds up to. The custom engine of the world's largest yacht group is investing in sheds and bidding for TISG's yards; the general manager came from outside yachting.

Who runs it

Top seatMarco Valle, Group CEO of Azimut-Benetti; Benetti's own general manager is not on the LinkedIn roster (the press names Massimiliano Casoni)
Sales Directorsince 2024
General Manager, Benetti Yachts Asiasince 2017
Head of Productsince 2023
Head of Procurementsince 2022

Organisation. Group brand; a general manager from Technogym and Ferrari over a sales director

What it shows for a new yard. A brand general manager over a sales director, with finance and strategy held by the group.

Former leaders now elsewhere24 people who held a top or senior seat here

now Shipyard Director at Cantiere Rossini
now General Manager at Lusben Refitting Yards
now Founder & Strategic Advisor at Elessargery
now Executive Chairman & Partner at WOSA Yacht Refit & Survey
now Operations Director at Lusben Refit & Repair
now Head of Sales Riva at Ferretti Group
now Owner / Director at Yacht Co
now Executive Director at Baglietto Yachts
now CUSTOMERS’ CARE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Superyachts Under Costruction and After Sales at Sanlorenzo Yacht
now Chief Commercial Officer at Baglietto spa
now Founder and CEO at NauticALL
now Refit & After sales manager at Baglietto Yachts
now Head of Procurement at Next Yacht Group
now Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Ferretti Group
now Sales Director at Simpson Superyachts
now Benetti Custom Engineering Director at Azimut|Benetti Group
now Director of Sales and Marketing at Heesen Shipyard
now Warranty and Refit Director at Sanlorenzo Yacht
now Founder & Project Management Director at Nicolai Yacht Consulting & Project Management
now Director Asia and Pacific at Tureddi Group Limited
now Project Management Manager at Next Yacht Group
now Operations Manager at Amer Yachts S.p.A.
now Head of Marketing and Communication at Baglietto spa
now Director for the Americas at Baglietto Yachts

Organisation chartthe top seat, the senior layer by function, and the managers where the top team is small; the number two is marked

Marco Valle, Group CEO of Azimut-Benetti; Benetti's own general manager is not on the LinkedIn roster (the press names Massimiliano Casoni)

Top seat per the press; not on the company page


Sales and marketing4 senior, 12 managers		Engineering and design1 senior, 10 managers		Production and operations8 managers	Projects and service14 managers		Purchasing1 senior, 1 managers
Daniela Petrozzi Sales Director since 2024 PM Peter Mahony General Manager, Benetti Yachts Asia since 2017 Roberto Corno Worldwide Sales Director; VP Sales CIS and Eastern Europe since 2017 Luigi Adamo Sales Director since 2024 AF Alessia Farci Manager of customer experience since 2021 Benjamin Croucher Area sales manager, North America since 2025 DS Dario Schiavo Head of media communication Francesca Venditti Marketing and communication manager since 2022	Giorgio Sarti Area manager, Latin America since 2026 Giovanni Picco Marketing communication manager since 2020 Jordan Waugh Area sales manager, Monaco since 2025 Luca Barbera CRM manager since 2020 MW Matt W. Manager, Australia and New Zealand since 2025 Matteo Brovedani Marketing manager since 2025 Nabil El Jammal Area manager, Middle East since 2012 Oscar Romano Sales area manager; global pre-owned fleet sales manager since 2015	Sebastiano Vida Head of Product since 2023 Antonio Magliulo Project engineering manager, steel yacht line since 1997 ED Enrico Del Macchia Head of systems technical office since 2020 Enrico Del Macchia Head of the technical office (undated) FP Fulvio Palladino Outfitting supervisor (design management) since 2010 GL Giovanni Leverotti Product engineering manager since 2020	MC Matteo Caldi Pre-contractual design and cost estimation department manager since 2024 RD Rossella de Luzio Interior department manager since 2005 Raffaele M. Iavarone Hull and structures technical manager since 2021 Stefano Ursino Head of basic design department (custom) since 2025 Inca Falangola Head of outfitting division (technical office) since 2021	Alessandro Vagelli Quality manager since 2022 Daniele Lanari Organisational head (responsabile organizzativo) since 2021 Giorgio Piccolo Systems production engineering manager since 2025 GG Giovanni Giovannini Production site head (Corpo M and Navi units) since 2018 MB Matteo Beppi Yacht production supervisor (Benetti Custom production manager) since 2024 Michele Amadoro Production head since 2025 Simone Perotti Head of production engineering and logistics since 2021 Stefano Benedetti Production head (outfitting coordinator) since 2004	Alessandro Del Carlo Project manager since 2018 Andrea Bandini Project manager since 2021 DA Daniel A. Warranty manager and service manager since 2025 Elisabetta Demichelis Project manager, custom since 2026 Federica Brascugli Senior project manager since 2008 Francesco Ferracuti Service manager since 2025 Gabriele Franchini Project manager, Benetti Custom since 2023	GG Giusti Gabriele Systems supervisor; warranty service manager since 2005 Leonardo Andrea Venturini Service manager since 2024 Lorenzo Puosi Project manager since 2025 Luca Giannecchini Service manager since 2025 LS Luigi Spina Service manager (warranties), Benetti Custom since 2018 Mauro Grimaldi Project manager, custom line since 2022 Niko Rizzoli Service manager since 2026	Davide Vernocchi Head of Procurement since 2022 DR Diego R. Warehouse manager since 2025

Number twoNo number two visible. The brand general manager (Casoni, per the press) is not on the roster; sales has a director (Petrozzi) and operations is held at group level. The number two is the group's director of operations.

The top team as read on LinkedIn98 people read as staff, October 2026

Under the group: a Worldwide Sales Director and a Sales Director, a Head of Product over the whole range, Head of Procurement, a General Manager for Benetti Asia, and technical department heads (basic design, systems, outfitting, pre-contractual design and cost estimation).

The vendor's page match returned mostly people whose employer merely contains the word Benetti, so the usable layer is thin: a dozen real seats. What they show is a brand run from the group (finance, communications and the chief executive sit at Azimut-Benetti) with its own worldwide sales organisation and a product function that writes the vision from customer insight. The pre-contractual cost-estimation department is the pricing gate the brief asks about, and it reports inside the technical office, not sales.

Senior layer · 6

Sales and marketing 4

Engineering and design 1

Purchasing and supply chain 1

Managers · 45

Sales and marketing 12

Engineering and design 10

Production and operations 8

Projects, service and after-sales 14

Purchasing and supply chain 1

47 more people read as staff below manager level: see them in the directory.

Seats and dates are as the people describe them on LinkedIn; a person who moved in the last months can still show the old seat. Tap a person for the profile and the reading.

Candidates at Benetti2 people under 50 in the pools; the shortlisted first

MW

Matt W.

Committee Member at Superyacht Australia · Australia

Commercially driven GMAt Benetti

Career

Committee Member · Superyacht Australia May 2025 – Present
Manager - Australia & New Zealand · Benetti Yachts Feb 2025 – Present
CEO of d’Albora Marine · d'Albora Marine Sep 2017 – Jan 2025
Senior Broker · Ray White Marine | Ferretti Group of Brands Jan 2014 – Dec 2017
Business Development Manager · Austal Oceanfast Jan 2011 – Dec 2013
Senior Broker · CRS Yachts | Fairline Yachts Australia Jan 2009 – Dec 2011
Associate - Private Wealth · UBS Jan 2007 – Dec 2008
Sales Broker · Chapman Marine Group | Princess Yachts Australia Jan 2003 – Dec 2006

LinkedIn profile ·

Key facts

Age44 to 50estimate from the first dated job; less exact

Based inAustralia

Current seatCommittee Member, Benetti, since 2025

CareerSince 2003, 23 years

Builders on the CVBenetti (current)

EducationRMIT University Bachelor of Business · Entrepreneurship; Kaplan Australia Graduate Diploma in Finance and Investment

LanguagesNot given

In brief

Runs Benetti's Australia and New Zealand business since Feb 2025; CEO of the d'Albora Marine group 2017 to 2025, twenty years in yacht sales and brokerage; about 46.

Sebastiano Vida

Head of Product Benetti at Benetti Yachts · Torre del Lago Puccini, Italy

Hybrid commercial-technicalAt Benetti

Career

Head of Product Benetti · Benetti Yachts Dec 2023 – Present
Head of Product Development Custom Yacht · Benetti Yachts Jul 2022 – Dec 2023
Pre-Contractual Design Manager & Cost Estimation Benetti Custom · Benetti Yachts Mar 2021 – Jul 2022
Project Manager · Benetti Yachts Sep 2018 – Jul 2022
Project manager · Nuovi Cantieri Apuania Jul 2014 – Jul 2018
Architect, Yacht Designer · Axis Group Yacht Design Dec 2011 – Jun 2014
Architetto · Sanlorenzo spa May 2009 – Oct 2011
Arcitetto responsabile di commessa · Sanlorenzo spa May 2009 – Oct 2011

LinkedIn profile ·

Key facts

Age39 to 43estimate from the degree years on the profile

Based inTorre del Lago Puccini, Italy

Current seatHead of Product Benetti, Benetti, since 2023

CareerSince 2009, 17 years

Builders on the CVBenetti (current)

EducationUniversità degli Studi di Genova, Politecnico di Milano Laurea Magistrale Yacht design · Yacht design; Università degli Studi di Udine Laurea in Scienze dell'Architettura · Facoltà di Ingegneria

LanguagesFrancese, Inglese

In brief

Head of Product since Dec 2023 over the whole range (37 m composite to 85 m plus steel): product vision from customer insight; head of custom product development, pre-contractual design and cost estimation manager, project manager at Benetti and Nuovi Cantieri Apuania; architect and yacht designer who began at Sanlorenzo. Product strategy sits between the technical and the commercial side.

Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview

Show the facts and the dated news with their sources

Identity

Full name: Benetti S.p.A. (brand of Azimut|Benetti S.p.A., registered in Lucca). Founded 1873 in Viareggio by Lorenzo Benetti; bought by Paolo Vitelli's Azimut in 1985. source 1 source 2
Headquarters: Viareggio. Yards: Viareggio (fibreglass and Class line) and Livorno, "the Group's hub for large steel constructions" (Benetti, 2026-07-31) source
Group footprint: 14 sites across Viareggio, Livorno, Massa and Pisa make 70% of group results (Boat International, 2026-06-25) source
Ownership (group level): Vitelli family holds the majority; Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) took a 33% minority stake in 2023; Tamburi Investment Partners (TIP) kept a reduced stake (about 8% per one Italian source, not confirmed in a primary filing). source 1 source 2
Sister brands: Azimut (motor yachts), Yachtique, Lusben (refit). source
Note for the slide: Benetti is not separately listed; it reports inside the private Azimut|Benetti group.

Size

Employees: not found for Benetti or the group in a recent company statement (only a 2015 figure of 2,179 group staff in old press).
Revenue: group only. FY2024/25 (year to 31 August 2025) expected at about EUR 1.5 billion, +15%; backlog EUR 2.5 billion extending to 2029; backlog split 38% Europe, 31% Americas, 31% MEA-APAC. source
Global Order Book (group, Azimut plus Benetti): 2026 edition rank 1 for the 26th year, 163 projects, 5,924 m. source 1 source 2

Product

Size range: composite yachts 29–44 m and steel/aluminium yachts 37 m to over 100 m (Benetti statement quoted in search results; Benetti yachts page) source
Families on the company site (2026-10): Class 44M (fibreglass; largest fibreglass model of the yard), Oasis 36–42 m (GRP), Motopanfilo 37–45 m, B.Neos 40M, B.Yond 40–57 m (steel hull per Superyacht Times), B.Now 52–72 m (steel and aluminium), B.Loft 58–65 m, Custom 67–108 m. source
Build model: Class, Oasis, Motopanfilo, B.Neos, B.Yond are series or semi-custom platforms; B.Now and B.Loft are semi-custom steel platforms; Custom is full-custom for 50–90 m projects (Marco Valle, 2026-10-14) source
Notable deliveries and launches 2023–2026.

Iryna, B.Now 67M, 66.2 m, delivered 2025, first and largest B.Now model. source
Lady Estey (FB287), about 67 m, delivered 2025-08. source
XWave, B.Now 50M, 50 m, delivered 2025-08 (15th B.Now 50M). source
FB615, custom B.Now 50M, launched 2025-05. source
Juno's 7, Class 44M, delivered 2025-03; Lumina, Class 44M, launched Viareggio 2026-06 (Boat International, 2026-06-25, link above).
FB291, Custom 80M, six decks, in outfitting at Livorno, launch 2028 (Benetti, 2026-07-31, link above).

Leadership

Marco Valle — CEO of Azimut|Benetti Group (since 2020-09-01), as of 2026-10-14. source
Giovanna Vitelli — Chair of Azimut|Benetti Group (since 2023-03), as of 2026-10 (group site) source
Massimiliano Casoni — Benetti General Manager, as of 2024-06 (named as Petrozzi's line manager). source
Daniela Petrozzi — Benetti Sales Director from 2024-06-01, succeeding Chief Commercial Officer Sebastiano Fanizza, as of 2024-06 (same source).
Angel Zhou — Benetti President of Sales for Asia, as of 2025-11-07 (Pressmare, above).
Federico Ferrante — President of Azimut|Benetti Americas, also responsible for Benetti sales in the Americas; page date unclear (shown as 2026-01-29). source

News 2023 to 2026

2026-10
Group CEO Marco Valle confirms interest in "the entire package" of The Italian Sea Group's assets, final offers due 19 October, says the group needs production space and "won't make unreasonable offers".pressmare.it
2026-07
Custom 80M FB291 enters outfitting at Livorno, launch set for 2028.benettiyachts.com
2026-06
Group adds EUR 100 million of investment in Tuscany for 2026–2028 (larger sheds, travel lifts, new models, Lusben refit), on top of EUR 77 million in the past 3 years.boatinternational.com
2025-11
Angel Zhou named Benetti President of Sales for Asia, effective 2025-10-15.pressmare.it
2025-09
Group expects FY2024/25 revenue of about EUR 1.5 billion (+15%) and a EUR 2.5 billion backlog to 2029; guides to stable revenue for 2025/26.superyacht24.it
2025-08
Delivers 67 m Lady Estey, shown at the Monaco Yacht Show 2025.yachtbuyer.com
2023-09
Massimiliano Casoni (ex-COO Technogym, ex-Ferrari) named Benetti General Manager, reporting to CEO Marco Valle, to rationalise the Livorno and Viareggio yards.pressmare.it
2023-04
Saudi PIF buys a 33% minority stake in Azimut|Benetti; Vitelli family keeps the majority.superyachtnews.com