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Andrea Venturini (born in Florence Italy on 18th of May 1966). Finished University in Florence earning a degree in "Dottore in Economia e Commercio" in 1994 at the Università di Firenze, major in Urban Economics with a special thesis on the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area. During the studies was awarded a scholarship to attend Victoria University in Melbourne Australia in 1992. First occupation (1994) as Managing Director of renown Real Estate Company owned by one of the most prominent Florentine Family offering Luxury Properties to clients throughout Tuscany. Since 1998 he started AccademiaRealty, his own Real Estate Company dealing with properties mainly in Tuscany and focusing on clients from abroad needing a 360 degree services and after sale follow up.

The office has been located in central Florence inside the beautiful Palazzo Frescobaldi for more than twenty years.

In year 2000 Andrea Venturini showed first in a short list of reputable Agencies to find property in Tuscany in the leading Wine Magazine Wine Spectator During his career AccademiaRealty featured also in two House Hunter episodes and a Bang for your Bucks TV show.

In 2014 Andrea Venturini pursued his passion for flying becoming first a Glider Pilot in Edinburgh UK,  then obtaining a Private Pilot License in Hartford Connecticut. At the end of 2020 started writing for Sailplane and Gliding UK, and currently studying to become a Gliding Instructor.

Among other interests:  vintage car collector, ink sketches and photography.