Miro Allione

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Miro Allione
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Born
Admiro Allione

(1932-12-20)20 December 1932
Milano, Italy
DiedJanuary 14, 2006(2006-01-14) (aged 73)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forManaging director of STET
Founder, president and CEO of Stream
TitleProfessor of Mathematics
Spouse(s)Unknown first wife
Anna Maramao (1992-2006)[1]
Children2 with the first wife, 1 with the second wife.[1]
Parent(s)Abramo Allione (father)

Admiro (Miro) Allione (December 20, 1932 – January 14, 2006) was an Italian executive who has been serving as managing director of STET[2] and founder, President and CEO of Stream[3][4]

Before being involved in telecommunications he was a professor of mathematics and urban planning. He also wrote many books about economics and mathematics.[5]

Biography[]

Miro Allione was born the 20 December 1932 in Milan, he was the first son of Abramo Allione, an Italian composer, publisher and record producer. The name "Admiro" was mistakenly registered to the local register office and was never changed into "Miro", name that he always used.

He graduated at university in mathematics and economics in 1961 and then started a career as a mathematics professor, also writing economics essays and books.[6]

In 1984 he entered the STET, a leading Italian telecommunications company. Then in the 1990 he is promoted to managing director of the company.[7]

In 1993 he leaves the STET to create Stream S.P.A.,[8] a television company service provider of Stream TV, that will become the second Pay TV in Italy, until the fusion with and the creation of SKY Italia. He served as President and CEO of Stream until 1999.[9]

In 1999, after leaving Stream S.P.A. he joined the Board of Directors of Systeam S.P.A., an Italian company based on e-systems integrators with an extensive portfolio of blue chip clients.[10][11]

Form 2001 he was the CEO of Marine Contractor, a company working for Fincantieri in the construction of cruise ships.

During his life he wrote books, some essays, many articles on journals (in particular on il manifesto) and specialized magazines, covering mathemathics, economics, and tele-communications themes.[5] He was also often interviewed on radios (such as Radio Radicale) and television about those topics.[12]

Personal life[]

Miro Allione had two sons from his first marriage, Sandro and Andrea.[13] After the divorce from his first wife, on the 16th of April, 1992 he married Anna Maramao, with whom he had another son, Marco.[1]

He was a great lover of tennis,[14] a sport he practiced very often, even participating in some amateur tournaments. In particular he is remembered to winning a Maserati Biturbo Spyder (Tipo AM333) at the 1991 tournament of the Società Ginnastica Roma.[15]

He passed away in Rome, in January 2006, after some months in hospital.[16] After the cremation, his ashes were scattered in the woods near Orvieto, an area of Umbria that he loved very much in the last years of his life and where he owned a country house with his wife Anna Maramao.

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Anna Maramao al Giallo VIP". Società Ginnastica Roma (in Italian). 1991. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. ^ now Telecom Italia.
  3. ^ now merged in Sky Italia.
  4. ^ "Murdoch's Italian foothold". The Independent. 28 April 1999. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b From Google Books, some of the books written by Miro Allione
  6. ^ (in English) G. Colombo, Who's Who in Italy, Sutter's International Red Series, 1997. ISBN 8885246362 - ISBN 9788885246362
  7. ^ Edoardo Borriello (4 April 1996). "La STET lancia la TV interattiva" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Rivoluzione alla Stet Allione va a Stream" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 23 December 1993. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Italians, News Corp. set board for Stream pay TV". Highbeam Business. 20 September 1995. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  10. ^ "ci4net.com Acquires Systeam, a Leading Italian E-Systems Integrator; Prof. Admiro Allione, ex-CEO of Stream Joins the Board of Directors of Systeam.". PR Newswire. April 7, 2000. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  11. ^ "SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 - document 24 January, 2000 about Systeam S.p.a." Securities and Exchange Commission. 24 January 2000. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Interventi di Miro Allione Radio Radicale" (in Italian). Radio Radicale. 1992–1994. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  13. ^ repubblica.it (16 January 2006). "Necrologio (2) ALLIONE MIRO Roma, 17 Gennaio 2006" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Miro Allione al Giallo VIP". Società Ginnastica Roma (in Italian). 1991. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Società Ginnastica Roma - Torneo Sponsor - Maserati vinta da Miro Allione". Società Ginnastica Roma (in Italian). 1991. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  16. ^ repubblica.it (16 January 2006). "Repubblica.it Necrologio (1) ALLIONE MIRO Roma, 17 Gennaio 2006" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.


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