Claudio Marzocco

Education and early career

In 1983, Marzocco graduated from the University of Padova with a civil engineering diploma and started working as an engineer in the construction sector in Italy. In 1988, he was kidnapped for two weeks by the Calabria-based mafia N'drangheta. The kidnappers demanded a ransom from the Marzocco family, but Claudio Marzocco managed to escape after 15 days of abduction. “A week later, my whole family moved to Monaco where we found security for both ourselves and our business”, he said during an interview with French magazine L’Express.

Marzocco Group

The Marzocco Group was founded in the 1960s by Domenico Marzocco, father of Claudio Marzocco. The same year Claudio Marzocco was kidnapped, after moving to Monaco, he established the Marzocco Group in Monaco, which was soon oriented as a real estate development company specializing in luxury buildings. The Marzocco group, which is fully owned and managed by members of the Marzocco family, is now considered one of Monaco's leading real-estate development companies. Claudio Marzocco is the current company's Chief Executive Officer. His brothers Paolo and Luca Marzocco, as well as Claudio’s sons Daniele and Niccolò, are also board members.

Tour Odéon (2014)

The Tour Odéon (Odeon Tower) is the tallest building in Monaco and one of the tallest ever built in Europe. It is a 170-meter high double skyscraper located in the neighborhood of La Rousse-Saint-Roman in Monte Carlo. It includes private apartments, business quarters and offices of the Principality public services.

The Tour Odéon project, a 49-storey building, was launched in 2009 and will be inaugurated by the end of 2014. It has been conceived as a full-service luxury building.

The 3,300 square meters (25,521 square feet) penthouse apartment, with its large outdoor swimming-pool, located at the top of the building is the most expensive apartment to ever be put on the market for an asking price of 300 million euros.

Les Gaumates (2010)

Les Gaumates is a luxury residential building located at 1, Boulevard Princesse Charlotte in Monaco.

The building is an 8-storey villa (in addition to five underground floors mostly used as parking space) which was inaugurated in 2010. It is in the Belle Epoque architectural style and has a view of the Monte Carlo Bay.

Ilôt Rainier III (2012)

Ilôt Rainier III is the largest real estate development project of the 21st century in Monaco. The 4 building project gathers 243 apartments as well as a parking space. It was inaugurated in 2012.

Ilôt Rainier III was the first building in Monaco to receive the High Environmental Quality Certification. It also received the THPE 2005 Label for very high energy performance, which was delivered to Prince Albert on 2, May 2013.

Other projects

The following are other projects:

Horse racing

Claudio Marzocco owns a professional racing stable with more than twenty horses. His most successful horse is Lawman. Lawman won the Prix du Jockey Club and the Prix Jean Prat in 2007. Since being retired to stud he has made a good start as a stallion: siring Group 1 winners Most Improved, Just the Judge and Law Enforcement. Lawman was trained by Jean-Marie Béguigné. Lawman was awarded an official rating of 120 for his win in the Prix Jean Prat, ranking him as the joint 34th best racehorse in the world in 2007.

Social activities

Claudio Marzocco is an active member of several prestigious social organizations in Monaco such as the Monte Carlo Yacht Club, the Monte-Carlo Country Club, the Automobile Club of Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Golf Club or the Monaco Ambassadors Club.

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Controversy

On 14 February 2012, Claudio Marzocco was indicted in France, along with his brother Paolo, in an alleged corruption scandal involving a local politician from Beausoleil (France).