Raffaele Rubattino

Raffaele Rubattino
Portrait c. 1870
Born(1810-10-10)October 10, 1810
Genoa, Italy
DiedNovember 2, 1881(1881-11-02) (aged 71)
Albaro
OccupationsEntrepreneur and colonialist
Known forFounder of merchant shipping company and founder of the Italian navy

Raffaele Rubattino (10 October 1810, Genoa – 2 November 1881) was an Italian entrepreneur and colonialist who started a shipping company that ran merchant ships on the routes to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. He was also a founder of the Italian navy.

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