F abrizio Di Amato is an Italian self-made billionaire and the founder, chairman, and majority shareholder of the Maire Tecnimont Group. The company is a major international player in the engineering and construction of large-scale industrial plants, particularly in the energy and petrochemical sectors. He built his company from a small engineering firm into a global powerhouse.

Di Amato founded his own company and, through a series of strategic acquisitions, most notably the purchase of Maire Holding and Tecnimont from the Italian energy giant Edison, he created the modern Maire Tecnimont. The group is a leader in building facilities like fertilizer plants, oil refineries, and polymer production facilities around the world. He has successfully navigated the complex and competitive world of global industrial engineering, and his controlling stake in the publicly traded company is the source of his fortune.