Education
He graduated in 1973 in Political Science at the Sapienza University in Rome, with Aldo Moro as his thesis supervisor.
He graduated in 1973 in Political Science at the Sapienza University in Rome, with Aldo Moro as his thesis supervisor.
In the mid-seventies he began working in the family businesses, in activity since the beginning of the 1900s in Italy and the United States of America, operating within the industry of iron construction and real estate. Even his paternal family’s company had been involved, since 1910, in the realization of works in iron, and then following World World War II began building mechanical and industrial plants, such as the Sincrotrone in Frascati, the Alfa Romeo in Arese, the Steelworks in Terni and Taranto. In 1987 he assumed the leadership of SAGEFIM Partecipazioni Spa, the parent company of the real estate business.
The company"s activities had gradually been oriented towards social housing.
In 1999, with the introduction in Italy of the law on real estate funds, he completely restructured the businesses both in Italy and in the United States under the brand Sorgente Group, which he conceived, directing the activities towards real estate finance and the acquisition of iconic buildings. As Chief Executive Officer of Sorgente Sgr, in 2001 he launched the first real estate fund, "Michelangelo", intended for institutional investors, with portfolio investments in prestigious real estate such as the Chrysler Building and Flatiron Building in New New York
In 2009 through the Donatello Fund he acquired the Galleria Colonna in Rome, renamed Galleria Alberto Sordi. Followed in 2012 by the Fine Arts Building in Los Angeles and in 2013 the Clock Tower of Santa Monica.
Today he is the majority shareholder and the head of an international group, which under the brand Sorgente Group, operates with three holding companies in the field of real estate investments and funds: in Italy with Sorgente Group Società per Azioni, of which he is Chief Executive Officer, in England with Sorgente Group International Holding Limited and the United States of America with Sorgente Group of America Corporation.
Asset under management are in excess of 6 billion United States Dollars. In June 2013 he was honored in Italy with the title “Cavaliere del Lavoro” for the Real Estate and Finance Industry sector. Is the first time that an entrepreneur operating within real estate finance receives the Cavalierato title.
One of the most significant projects which Mainetti is currently following is the urban redevelopment of the former Falck yard of Sesto San Giovanni, on the outskirts of Milan, designed by Renzo Piano – incorporating 8,000 apartments, the construction of which will employ about 3,000 workers for ten year.
Sorgente Group has acquired 21.2% of the holding company which owns the area. Mainetti is a collector of ancient artworks.
Together with the Fondazione Sorgente Group, of which he is president, he collects classical sculptures and antique paintings, as well as committed to the recovery of Italian artworks acquired abroad, with the aim of promoting Italian cultural heritage by organizing exhibitions and events in partnership with Italian and foreign institutions and museums. Honors and