Background
Ferri was born in Rome, Italy.
Ferri was born in Rome, Italy.
London School of Economics. Cornell University; New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Cornell University College of Engineering.
Columbia Business School.
In 1944, he and his family immigrated to the United States where they settled in Virginia. His father worked for the government as an aeronatics engineer Ferri"s family eventually moved to New New York
Ferri obtained a B.Sc in electrical engineering from Cornell University, a M.Sc in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York and an Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.
In 1977, Ferri and Warren Hellman co-founded Hellman Ferri Investment Associates. After five years, the partners split.
Hellman started Hellman & Friedman in 1984 and Perri started Matrix Partners in 1982. In 1999, Ferri co-founded hedge fund Matrix Capital Management with David Goel.