• BIRTHDAY: venerdì 15 ottobre 1937
• BIRTHPLACE: Cologna Veneta, Italy
• BIRTH SIGN: Libra
• AGE: 86

About

is an Italian entrepreneur, artisan and TV personality, founder of the Pastificio Rana group, one of the world leaders in the fresh pasta market.

Before Fame

In 1961, at the age of 24, he founded a small workshop, also in San Giovanni Lupatoto, to make tortellini and tagliatelle by hand.

Trivia

Growing over the years, Pastificio Rana is the subject of attention from various food and financial players, even food giants from Kraft to Unilever and Barilla, all of which were turned down.

Family Life

Today Giovanni Rana is president of Pastificio Rana and running the company is his son Gian Luca Rana (managing director), who joined the company at the age of twenty-two.