Antonio Mariani

Entrepreneur, Parent, World traveler

Born in Rome Italy in 1969. Graduated from High School E.Q. Visconti a school that is in the historical building where Galileo Galilei was judged by the Jesuits court. While attending the faculty of Political Sciences at "La Sapienza" University in Rome he starts working as freelance journalist and MP assistant. Passionated with philosophy and economic theories he happened also to like...soccer very much: A.S. Roma off course! In 1996 he accepts a business proposal in fashion business and moves to Tokyo. After 3 years he joins the Berlitz Japan and works as italian language teacher and other languages coordinator for 5 years. He goes back to Italy with his wife and 2 children and establish his own video production company. He happens to work with famous director Franco Zeffirelli (former assistant of Luchino Visconti) Monica Bellucci and joins the FUJI TV movie production "Amalfi"; Then he suddenly steps into restaurant business in Italy and moves again to Japan, in Osaka, working for the Starwood Hotel group as manager is in charge of the opening of the main dining restaurant of the first St Regis Hotel in the country. He actually owns two venues in Fukuoka where he has settled down with his wife and 3 kids

Life and knowledge..I mean the research of it..philosophy etc.

TED....and if I'll ever have one worth enough I'll be happy if some TEDx organizer will let me spread it!

Many years ago I happened to watch by chance on Youtube a very interesting video talk on how to make more appealing and easy understandable the graphics used to show sales, projects and so on. It was amazing and for the first time I saw the TED logo without knowing at all what it was. After years while scrolling the apple store application list I saw again that logo and I downloaded the application and start watching talks. 3 years ago in Fukuoka a friend of mine at a party asked me if I was willing to volunteer for the TEDxFukuoka and....I was like "REALLY!"; I was MC of a TEDxFukuoka conference section and became the organizer of TEDxHakata.

making massages!