Lapo Elkann

Italian playboy turned workaholic entrepreneur Lapo Elkann recently took on the appointment of Global Ambassador to the biggest hospital in the Middle East, the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, which treats roughly two million Jewish and Muslim patients.

“My companies, they all start with an ‘I’ and end with an ‘I,’” said Mr. Elkann, founder in the past year of both Italia Independent, the lifestyle brand, and Independent Ideas, the advertising agency. He was watching a soccer match at a sports bar on Bleecker Street, hours before he was scheduled to catch a plane to Paris. After a few days there, he was planning to visit Italy for four days, followed by a trip to Iceland, where he’s working on yet another mysterious venture.  read more »

The blond-tressed Italian artist swashbuckles a booty of Kurkova’s, Gubelman’s, Missoni’s and skateboarders.  read more »

Lapo Elkann has got a very fast boat, lots of fast cars and he’s chasing a very fast ballerina. Next stop: the moon!  read more »