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Fresh courseNew Managing Director for the Ferretti Group

Martin Hager

 · 18.05.2026

Stassi Anastassov is the new Managing Director of the successful yacht builder. Anastassov brings with him extensive experience from the global economy. He currently serves as a non-executive director at JS Global Lifestyle and Better Shelter. Previously, he was President and CEO of battery manufacturer Duracell. His career includes several leadership positions at Procter & Gamble in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.
Photo: Ferretti Group
The Ferretti Group has appointed Stassi Anastassov as its new CEO. The former Duracell managing director and long-time Procter & Gamble manager succeeds Alberto Galassi, who led the yacht building giant for twelve years.
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The Ferretti Group is making a change at the top. After twelve years as CEO, Alberto Galassi is leaving the Italian yacht building company, which includes the Brands Wally, Riva, Custom LineFerretti Yachts, Itama, Pershing and CRN. Stassi Anastassov is the new managing director of the successful yacht builder.

Anastassov brings extensive experience from the global economy. He currently serves as a non-executive director at JS Global Lifestyle and Better Shelter. Previously, he was President and CEO of battery manufacturer Duracell. His career includes several leadership roles at Procter & Gamble in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. In these roles, he advised international companies and investment firms in areas such as corporate governance, operational transformation and long-term value creation. The appointment marks a strategic new beginning for the listed Italian yacht building group, which is one of the world's leading luxury yacht manufacturers.

Anastasov's strategy for Ferretti

Italy remains the heart of the Ferretti Group and will continue to be so in the future, Anastassov said in his inaugural speech. The responsibility lies in protecting and strengthening this heritage, while at the same time further developing the Group as a global market leader in luxury yacht building. With the new management team, the company is relying on a mixture of proven expertise and fresh impetus from other sectors of the industry.

New Board of Directors and a turnover of 1.23 billion euros

The appointment takes place one day after the election of a new Board of Directors of the Ferretti Group. Tan Ning will take over as Chairman. The board meeting also approved the annual financial statements for 2025, with the Ferretti Group's profit as at 31 December 2025 amounting to 44.64 million euros. Turnover from new yachts reached 1.23 billion euros. This corresponds to an increase of five percent compared to the EUR 1.17 billion as at 31 December 2024.

Martin Hager

Martin Hager

Editor in Chief YACHT

Martin Hager is editor-in-chief of the titles YACHT and BOOTE EXCLUSIV and has been working for Delius Klasing Verlag for 20 years. He was born in Heidelberg in 1978 and started sailing at the age of six, in an Opti of course. This was soon followed by 420s, Sprinta Sport and 470s, which he also sailed on the regatta course with his brother. His parents regularly took him on charter trips through the Greek and Balearic Islands. Even at a young age, it was clear to him that he wanted to turn his passion for water sports into a career. After graduating from high school and completing an internship at the Rathje boatbuilding company in Kiel, it was clear that he did not want to become a classic boatbuilder. Instead, he successfully studied shipbuilding and marine engineering in the Schleswig-Holstein state capital and focused on yacht design wherever he could. His diploma thesis dealt with the “Testing of a new speed prediction method for sailing yachts”. In 2004, the superyacht magazine BOOTE EXCLUSIV was looking for an editor with technical and nautical background knowledge, a position that was perfect for Martin Hager. The application was successful and a two-year traineeship was arranged. After twelve years as an editor, the editorial team changed and he took over responsibility for BOOTE EXCLUSIV as editor-in-chief in 2017. After long-time YACHT editor-in-chief Jochen Rieker moved to the role of publisher, Martin Hager also took over the position of editor-in-chief of Europe's largest sailing magazine YACHT, which is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, at the beginning of 2023. When he's not working on topics for the two water sports titles, Martin Hager likes to go out on the water himself - preferably with kite and wingfoil equipment or on a little after-work trip across the Alster.

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