Luca Maestri

All about Luca Maestri

Luca Maestri was a former CFO of Xerox Corp. before becoming Apple's CFO. He helped manage business support, accounting, analysis, treasury, real estate, internal audit, and investor relations.

Maestri started his career at General Motors

Maestri retired from the roles of Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President in 2024. He reported directly to CEO Tim Cook and could be heard on earnings calls every quarter.

Before Apple

Luca Maestri was born in Rome, Italy, on October 14, 1963. At 57 years old, he is the third oldest executive at Apple.

Maestri attended Luiss University to earn his Bachelor's Degree in Economics. Later, he received his Master's in Science of Management from Boston University.

After completing his Master's degree in 1988, he worked for 20 years at General Motors (GM) in Finance and Operations. During his tenure, he held senior management positions in various global markets, including Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Brazil, and Thailand. Subsequently, he assumed the role of CFO for GM's operations in 45 European countries.

Starting in 2000, he was appointed as the manager in charge of the development of the Fiat Alliance. In June 2005, he moved to Brazil to run financial operations for GM in Brazil and Argentina.

Luca Maestri has worked at four different companies during his career

Four years later, he joined Nokia Siemens Networks as the Chief Financial Officer.

After two years at Nokia, Luca Maestri joined Xerox in 2011. At Xerox, he was the CFO in charge of all investor relations, risk management, tax and audit operations, mergers and acquisitions, and finance.

Luca Maestri at Apple

Maestri originally joined Apple in February 2013 as the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. In this position, he worked closely with the Apple leadership team.

In May 2014, he became the CFO and Senior Vice President, replacing Peter Oppenheimer as CFO. Oppenheimer went on to become a Goldman Sachs board member.

Luca Maestri co-hosted Apple's earning report calls with CEO Tim Cook. During earnings calls, Maestri reported on quarterly growth and projected growth in the future and highlights notable achievements Apple has made in the previous quarter.

Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference

Following three appearances by Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2010, 2012, and 2013, Maestri spoke on behalf of the company at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. It wasn’t Maestri’s first appearance, as he had previously made an appearance there in 2012 on behalf of his then-employer Xerox.

Charity Auction

In 2019, there was a charity auction to have lunch with Maestri at Apple Park. The winner also got a tour of the headquarters by an Apple employee.

The auction had an estimated value of $50,000.

Lunch with Maestri was auctioned for an estimated for $50,000

Ferrari CEO Prospect

In December 2020, Maestri was rumored to be a prospect of Ferrari's search for a CEO. Ferrari is searching for a CEO after Louis Camilleri abruptly retired due to personal reasons.

Maestri and Ive are rumored to be candidates to become the CEO of Ferrari

Other candidates included former Apple CDO Jony Ive and, current CEO of Formula 1, Stefano Domenicali.