Matteo de Nora

Matteo de Nora is a Canadian businessman known for being team principal of Team New Zealand. Early life and family De Nora was born in the United States. His mother, Chantal de Bavier, was Swiss while his father, Vittorio, was an Italian Professor of physics and chemistry at the Milan Polytechnic and entrepreneur, best known for his instrumental role in developing DSA (Dimensionally Stable Anodes). His uncle, Oronzio De Nora, the entrepreneur and inventor who founded Industrie De Nora, recently listed on Borsa Italiana.

Education and career De Nora attended the Choate School, the Universita Bocconi in Milan, and then the MIT Sloan School of Management. He worked for Industrie De Nora, his family's company and later founded his own company, the Eltech Systems Corporation. In 2003, he formed the "Mates", a group of benefactors to support the team. The team is the most successful America's Cup team in modern history and a well-recognised high-technology organisation.

Personal life De Nora is a citizen of Canada and a resident of Monaco. He is an active philanthropist, substantively contributing to the response to the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and funding medical research.

He holds patents in the medical sector and is co-founder of A.L.T. (Associazione per la Lotta alla Trombosi) and T.R.I. (Tinnitus Research Initiative).