Stefano Domenicali was born on 11th May 1965 in Imola. After secondary school in Imola he studied at Bologna University and graduated in 1991 with a degree in business administration. In the same year he started to work for Ferrari minding the fiscal administration business, while he simultaneously got a licence to be the Director of Ferrari’s private track at Mugello.
In 1993 Domenicali came to the Scuderia, first covering administration and later human resources. In 1996 he was promoted to oversee the sponsors. In 1998 he became Team Manager of the Scuderia and Sporting Director in 2003.
As of 1st January 2008 he is Team Principal. Stefano lives with his partner Silvia and their two children Martino and Viola. He loves planes and the mountains and everything that has to do with sport, especially basketball, football and skiing.