Amedeo Pesce (Salerno, 1979) is an entrepreneur and a creative, founder of the Hopes business group. At twenty-two, after graduating in Business and Economics, he founded his first company; at twenty-four he graduated in Political Science and twenty-six he became the youngest university professor in the history of Italy. Today, in addition to directing his own companies, he is the artistic director of the film production company Hydra Film and the Hydra Music record label. He is a director, singer-songwriter, writer of essays and novels, and a table tennis enthusiast.