# Giovanni Buttarelli

> Giovanni Buttarelli is a startup investor at European Union (Rome). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [European Union](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-union)
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-buttarelli-311b9b9
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/buttarelli_g

Giovanni Buttarelli is a startup investor at European Union in Rome. Giovanni Buttarelli was appointed European Data Protection Supervisor on 4 December 2014 by a joint decision of the European Parliament and the Council for a term of five years. Before joining the EDPS, he worked as Secretary General to the Italian Data Protection Authority, a position he occupied between 1997 and 2009. A member of the Italianjudiciary with the rank of Cassation judge, he has attended to many initiatives and committees on data protection and related issues at international level. The experience on data protection includes the participation in many bodies at European Union level (including Art. 31 Committee of Directive n. 95/46/EC and Taiex programs), and at the Council of Europe (in particular, also as a consultant, T‐PD; CJ‐PD, DH‐S‐Ac, Venice Commission), as well as the contribution to many hearings, meetings and workshops held also by Parliaments and to specialized book journals and papers. He currently teaches on privacy at the Luiss University, Rome.

## About European Union

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5 contacts available at European Union.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Giovanni Buttarelli | European Data Protection Supervisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giovanni-buttarelli |
| Neil Heerden | Ambassador | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neil-van-heerden |
| Pascal Legai | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-legai |
| Roberto Viola | Director-General for Network, Content and Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roberto-viola |
| Adrian Docea | City Branding Expert | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-docea |

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