Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos  Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos (born February 12, 1960 in Oderzo) is an Italian executive. Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos (born February 12, 1960 in Oderzo) is currently Chief Executive Officer at Autogrill. After schooling in Oderzo (Liceo Scientifico Brandolini) he took a degree in Business Economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He started his career in 1985 with Gruppo Nordica S.p.A. (in human resources) and then joined Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. In 1986 he moved to Gruppo Edizione Holding, where he held various posts in Benetton Group, United Optical and Benetton Sportsystem, which he left in 1999. He joined Autogrill Group early in 2000 and was in charge of the re-organization and re-launching of Autogrill’s American subsidiary HMSHost in the United States till 2003. He has been Autogrill’s CEO, based in Milan, since April 2003. Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos was born in Oderzo on February 12, 1960. He did his high school studies in Oderzo (Liceo Scientifico Brandolini) and took a 1st class degree in business economics at Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice. After graduating in business economics, Tondato Da Ruos began his career with two short spells at Nordica S.p.a (1985)  and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (1986). In 1986 he joined Gruppo Benetton, where he worked till 1999 as head of Organization and Development, in which capacity he also managed restructurings of group companies (United Optical and Sportsystem). In January 2000 he joined Autogrill  – then operating exclusively in the European motorway channel – and moved to the United States to manage the re-organization and re-launching of the newly acquired American subsidiary HMSHost, a process that enabled the Group to consolidate its position in the USA and prepare the ground for further international expansion. Back in Italy, in April 2003, he became Group CEO, a role in which he brought about a strategic refocusing on concession business and diversification across sectors, channels and geographical regions. From 2003 to 2013, with the creation of the Travel Retail division through the acquisitions and subsequent integration of Aldeasa S.A., Alpha Group Plc. and World Duty Free Europe Ltd., Tondato Da Ruos enabled Autogrill to double its sales.