Nicola Drago was born in Novara (Italy) in 1978, graduated cum laude from Università Bocconi, worked at Sonenshine Partners in New York and at McKinsey in Milan, and subsequently earned an MBA from Columbia University in New York.

Since 2008, he has held various positions at De Agostini Group, starting as controller at Banijay Group in Paris. In 2016, he was appointed CEO of De Agostini Publishing, global leader in print and collectibles, overseeing its restructuring and relaunch, which earned him the “EY Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2021.

He is Vice-President of De Agostini S.p.A., Tubilux Pharma S.p.A. and C.O.C. Farmaceutici S.R.L. He co-founded the venture capital fund Connect Ventures in London and sits on the Board of Directors of S. Faustin (Tenaris/Techint Group), Atresmedia, DeA Capital and Venchi, and of several non-profit organisations including Ubuntu Pathways, Opes Impact Fund and Fondazione De Agostini.