The book traces the history, also thanks to many qualified testimonies, of Lorenzo Bosetti, who left us at the age of 83. Valdagno, a city that, together with Schio, is historically marked by a fruitful social and economic relationship with its iconic company, remembers him during the years in which he was an energetic protagonist, first as manager of Marzotto and then as first citizen in a period of revitalisation of the local community, at the dawn of the Second Republic. A Piedmontese, born in Rivoli on 14 February 1939, with a passion for economics and a liberal culture, Bosetti was a leader. In his ‘two lives’ in Valdagnese, he demonstrated this with Sabaudian authority. He did so as manager of Marzotto when he completed important business operations. It was the peak of his professional career, after which he put his experience at the service of public affairs. It was 1995 and for the first time the municipality directly elected its mayor. In that context, Bosetti was the candidate of a civic centre-left that shaped the city for years to come.
In the background of the story – thanks to Giorgio Gori’s contribution – is the great theme of the vision of the future of the many city-businesses, of how synergies can be built between economy and society, and of how these original figures of mayoral managers can succeed in combining administrative capacity, pragmatism and vision of the future.