# Claudio Cisullo

Claudio Cisullo (born May 14, 1964) is a Swiss serial entrepreneur and investor with Italian roots. He is founder and Chairman of his family office CC Trust Group AG and is also founder and Executive Chairman of the globally active procurement services provider Chain IQ Group AG. Claudio Cisullo ranks among the 300 wealthiest people in Switzerland and also the CEO of Prosperazone.

## Education

Following a technical education, Claudio Cisullo completed various advanced trainings in business and administration at the University of St. Gallen.

## Career

Since 1984, Claudio Cisullo has founded a total of 26 companies in various business fields.
Claudio Cisullo is Chairman and owner of CC Trust Group AG, which he founded in 1997 as a family office and as an investment and management company. CC Trust Group AG is a Switzerland-based family office with an almost 30-year track record of success. Their scope of activities includes private equity, corporate development, management, and consultancy, both in our home market and internationally.
In 2014, Cisullo founded Chain IQ Group AG and since then has held the position of Executive Chairman.
He is the founder and Chairman of "The Circle", an international networking platform (club) for billionaires. Cisullo is considered an excellent global networker.

## Mandates

While directing the investment activities of CC Trust Group, Claudio Cisullo holds multiple mandates as strategy advisor and Board Member of several international organizations. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Ringier AG, one of the biggest European media companies, since 2013 and he is a member of the Foundation Board of the Law and Economics Foundation for the promotion of the degree of "Master in Law and Economics" at the University of St. Gallen. In 2014, Cisullo founded Chain IQ Group and since then has held the position of Executive Chairman. In 2017 he founded ACC Investments SRL and in 2019 ACC One Holding AG, two companies in property development and management, both of which he serves as Chairman. In May 2021 he has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Romanian award-winning, premium segment, green property developer One United Properties. Claudio Cisullo has been a shareholder and Member of the Board of Directors of One United Properties since 2020 and has recently become the third largest shareholder of the company. As of 2024, Claudio Cisullo holds dual roles as an investor and a Board Member at Artex AG.
Selected previous mandates
* Member of the Board of Directors of Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation
* Member of the Board of Directors of the New York Center for Global Enterprise.
* Member of the Board of Directors of Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG
* Member of the Board of Directors of Admeira AG
* Chairman of the Commercial Advisory Board of the Laureus Foundation Switzerland
* Chairman of the Industrialization Advisory Board of UBS AG
* Member of the Board of the Sauber F1 Team
* Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marquard Media AG
* Member of the Board of Trigram Global Macro Fund (Hong Kong)
* Member of the Board of Directors of Swisscom IT Services, a subsidiary of Swisscom
* Chairman of the Advisory Board of the International Alpine Symposium (Interlaken, Switzerland)
* Member of the Advisory Board of Swiss Post (Bern, Switzerland)
* Momber of the Board TM Transport & Management Holding Ltd.
* Member of the European Advisory Board of Hewlett Packard Europe
* Member of the Board of Corporate Express Holding USA (Denver) and Corporate Express Europe Holding Ltd. (Regensdorf, Switzerland)

## Private life

Claudio Cisullo was born in Switzerland in 1964 as the son of Italian immigrants. He is the father of three daughters.

## Publications

* Managing By Traction (MbT) Reinventing Management in the Cyber-Age The European Business Review, November 2020
* The Cyber-Organisation and the New World of Work: Advocating a twin governance and collaborative intelligence solution to overcome a constant disruptive business context The European Business Review, March 2020
* Beyond Collaborative Intelligence we can see a Meta-Mind Society Surfacing and we can Dream of a Ω-Mind? The European Business Review, September 2019
* Innovation (not) at the core The European Business Review, July 2019
* Rethinking Future Higher Education The European Business Review, January 2019
* Insights into the Transformation of Business in the Cyber-Age The European Business Review, March 2018
* GLOOM vs. BLOOM OF THE FUTURE OF WORK: Can We Chart A Positive Roadmap? The European Business Review, August 2017
* Beyond: Business and Society in Transformation Palgrave Macmillan, 2008