Simone Crolla, Italy Amcham's CEO, attended the annual presentation of the GEI, Gruppo Esponenti Italiani, an association of representatives from the main Italian business and financial concerns operating in the United States, and Italian leaders in the professions, in industrial design and international affairs. In this occasion he received the prestigious "GEI Friendship Award" given to Italians and Americans for their outstanding contribution to furthering relations between the two countries.

The GEI Award is a small limited-series sculpture that in the past was received by Very Important People such as Gianni Agnelli, Guido Carli, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Mario Cuomo, Edward M. Kennedy, Emma Marcegaglia, Leonardo Mondadori, Giorgio Napolitano, Luciano Pavarotti, Sandro Pertini, Sergio Pininfarina, David Rockefeller and more.

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