Diego Pignatelli Aragona Cortez was born in Rome in 1958. He was raised in Brazil and Italy until the age of sixteen when he moved to the UK to complete his A-levels before attending Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he earned a BSc in Economics and French. He spent forty years in finance, thirty-six of which in investment banking in London, New York, Milan and Zürich.
Diego retired in July 2021 to devote himself to family, travel and reading an interesting book during any time of any day of any week.
When not on the motorcycle, he lives between Switzerland, Italy and Türkiye with his partner Lithian, who shares his passion for adventure, and a pug called Zazà, who waits for them at home.
