Giuseppe Costa

He is President and CEO of Costa Edutainment Spa, a leading company in Italy in the management of public and private facilities dedicated to recreational, cultural, educational, study and scientific research activities. Costa Edutainment currently manages in Genoa the integrated Acquario Village system (which includes the Genoa Aquarium, the Galata Sea Museum, the Biosphere, the Bigo), the Cattolica Aquarium, the Livorno Aquarium, the Oltremare and Aquafan theme parks in Riccione, Italia in Miniatura in Rimini and Onda Blu in Tortoreto. He is also President and CEO of Opera Laboratori, a company that deals with the management of museum and cultural services, events, design and conception of exhibitions. Among other activities, Opera Laboratori manages the commercial spaces of the Vatican Museums, Palazzo Pitti, Medici Chapels, Galleria dell'Accademia and Florence Cathedral, Siena Cathedral and some facilities in San Gimignano. He was President of Palazzo Ducale Foundation for Culture in Genoa from 2022 to 2025. In Confindustria, he is currently President of the Tourism Section of Confindustria Romagna and Vice President of Confindustria Genoa. In 2018, he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Italian Republic.