Riccardo grew up in the North of Italy and at the age of 19 he moved to London to start a degree in financial management from Regents Business School. After graduating in 2012, Riccardo spent the following year working for a VC fund in Tel Aviv, where he fully experienced StartUp Nation and its entrepreneurial lessons. After a year in Israel, Riccardo moved to Bangkok for 1 year where he worked for a US private equity fund investing in frontier markets across the ASEAN region. Before setting up Gravity Co-Living, Riccardo worked between Hong Kong and London for 4 years for a real estate investment company focused on the UK PBSA and hotel sectors.