CiaoWeb

CiaoWeb was an Italian web portal started up by the FIAT Group with an initial investment of 200 billion Italian Lira (100 million Euro).^[1] The project for the development of the portal had been assigned to a group of companies under the control of Ernst & Young and under the responsibility of Alessandro Gadotti, at the time Partner in Ernst & Young.^[2] Paolo Ceretti from IFIL then took the responsibility as CEO, and Nino Olivotto took the position of CTO.

CiaoWeb

Type of site	Portal
Owner	Hachette Rusconi S.p.A.
URL	http://www.CiaoWeb.it/
Registration	1999
Launched	18 December 1999
Current status	Not Active

History

The original project was a mix of editorial content and e-commerce based on the potential synergies between the companies of the FIAT Group (La Stampa, Alpitour, Ferrari, etc.).^[3]

In 2000, CiaoWeb became the sponsor of the football team Juventus.^[4]

CiaoWeb did not survive the new economy crisis in 2001,^[5] and was sold to Hachette Rusconi Interactif (HRI),^[6][7] later on sold to Hearst.