Francesco Pagano - Profile and Biography - CEOWORLD magazine https://ceoworld.biz/author/francesco-pagano/ The premier global business magazine providing expert insights, analysis, and news for CEOs, executives, industry leaders, and affluent individuals. Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:23:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ceoworld.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-icon-32x32.png Francesco Pagano - Profile and Biography - CEOWORLD magazine https://ceoworld.biz/author/francesco-pagano/ 32 32 CEO Confidential: 10 items for the CEO agenda https://ceoworld.biz/2026/01/17/ceo-confidential-10-items-for-the-ceo-agenda-4/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:23:54 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=259260 Jensen Huang

New Year, New You, says the adage. Looking at the way it started, 2026 looks a lot like 2025, to be honest. Buckle up. And Happy New Year. Here is our pick of ten highlights, which should be on the agenda of every CEO for January 2026. Going up. Macro-economic indicators are solid also in January 2026. Good! […]

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Yat Siu’s Web3 Market Outlook for 2026 https://ceoworld.biz/2026/01/12/yat-sius-web3-market-outlook-for-2026/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 01:16:25 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=259056

Right before the World Economic Forum 2026 (WEF), which brings together, in smallville Davos (Switzerland), the most important world leaders and CEOs, Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, takes a look at the new year and at what it could bring for the Web3 space. Here are his thoughts. Is Bitcoin still “the” thing in Web3?   Altcoins could eclipse Bitcoin. Bitcoin has cemented its status as “digital gold”; however, it […]

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Technology with a Social Dimension. The case of WeSherpa https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/22/technology-with-a-social-dimension-the-case-of-wesherpa/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:37:05 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=258728 WeSherpa

I find it truly fascinating to use exponential technologies to build a virtuous and social network where everyone benefits, and where even micro-transactions are feasible and manageable at scale. This way, it’s possible to help those at the margin of society even with the little they need (for example, a small purchase of groceries), ensuring transparency and security for donors, participants, helpers, and controllers. Here […]

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The future of MedTech, with Andrea Biffi https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/21/the-future-of-medtech-with-andrea-biffi/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:37:57 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=258669 Andrea Biffi

It’s truly a pleasure to interview Andrea Biffi, formerly a CEO in the MedTech world and today an entrepreneur, investor, and board member, with roles and projects at an international level. Tomorrow’s leaders use technology and investments to learn, evolve, create efficiencies, scale up, and, of course, serve people in markets that are strategic for […]

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What CEOs could learn from hardcore negotiation. About leadership, with Fiorella Erni https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/20/what-ceos-could-learn-from-hardcore-negotiation-about-leadership-with-fiorella-erni/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:11:05 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=258590 Cheetah Stories

The basics of good negotiations should be an essential part of the training and “war” chest of any CEO or marketing and businessperson out there. Fiorella Erni, co-founder and CEO at Cheetah Stories, a vegan stiletto start-up based in Switzerland and with manufacturing operations in Italy, is also a negotiation rock-star, with solid fieldwork in the most delicate areas of the world. Understand what’s at […]

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A New Era for U.S. Pharmaceutical Production: Onshore, Agile, and Powered by Certified Data https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/08/a-new-era-for-u-s-pharmaceutical-production-onshore-agile-and-powered-by-certified-data/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:55:35 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=258220 Tony Quinones

A quiet revolution is reshaping America’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities—one that blends cutting-edge science, real-time data integrity, and strategic onshoring to strengthen the nation’s drug supply chain. On a recent episode of Around The Block, the podcast powered by Circular Protocol, leaders from Bright Path Laboratories outlined how the future of U.S. medicines is becoming decentralized, locally controlled, and anchored in […]

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Let’s mean it this time. On sustainability, with Leigh Pezzicara https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/07/lets-mean-it-this-time-on-sustainability-with-leigh-pezzicara/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:50:16 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=258185 Leigh Pezzicara

In light of the past few years, between geopolitical changes and the renaissance of tech and energy-intensive progress, mostly linked to Gen AI and Agentic AI, what does the word “sustainability” even mean today? A lot of bad press and a clear pull from public and private institutions in favor of a necessary growth agenda […]

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The future of Animoca Brands: Interview with Yat Siu https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/05/the-future-of-animoca-brands-interview-with-yat-siu/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:28:49 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=258096 Animoca Brands

Yat Siu, Animoca Brands’ Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, takes the call for this interview when it’s 11 PM in Hong Kong. We met in Davos last time, for the World Economic Forum 2025. He looks fresh, as always, and speaks with a clear mind and laser focus. The first item on my list of questions is, of course, the […]

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Blockchain and quantum for a secure, fast, and intelligent future. The case of Quranium. https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/04/blockchain-and-quantum-for-a-secure-fast-and-intelligent-future-the-case-of-quranium/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:24:08 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=258093 Kapil Dhiman

There is something spiritual about Kapil Dhiman, the Co-founder and CEO of Quranium, the world’s first Layer-1 (L1) blockchain, designed to be quantum-secure, AI-native, and EVM-compatible. He takes my call from his office in Mumbai, even though his energy sets the tone of the conversation on a global stage, while his mind is always rooted […]

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Mina, the greatest singer in the world: what can we learn from her business case? https://ceoworld.biz/2025/11/24/mina-the-greatest-singer-in-the-world-what-can-we-learn-from-her-business-case/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:43:14 +0000 https://ceoworld.biz/?p=257793 Mina

Was another book about Mina needed? Perhaps yes, but more for us, Italians of any age, background, profession, and history. Mina doesn’t need this book—written by Frank Pagano, Marco Di Dio Roccazzella, and Pierangelo Soldavini. Or any other book dedicated to her, in general. In fact, knowing her only indirectly, through her writings as a […]

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