Ferretti Group's full-custom brand, building 50 to 95 m steel yachts in Ancona with no chief executive of its own.
1963
Founded
Ferretti Group, since 1999
Owner
EUR 190 m · 2025, +28%
Segment revenue
86 m, 70 m, 67 m
In build
50 to 95 m
Range
Full custom only
Model
What happened, 2023 to 2026
Sep 2024Build86 m M/Y 144 presented as the future flagship
May 2025Build67 m Amor À Vida delivered
Sep 2025Top seatVittorio Blengini named group sales director for custom yachts
May 2026Top seatParent changes CEO after the shareholder fight
Jun 2026Build70 m Thunderball launched in Ancona
Jul 2026MoneyParent reports no superyacht orders in the first half of 2026
What it adds up to. Three large yachts in build but no new order in six months: CRN's pipeline depends on a parent in a control fight.
Who runs it
Top seatNo brand head on the LinkedIn roster; CRN is run inside Ferretti Group's custom business (CCO and CTOO at group level)
Industrial Directorsince 2021
Plant Managersince 2015
Chief architect, design departmentsince 2008
Chief Financial Officersince 2014
Organisation. Brand inside Ferretti; no own CEO, custom sales held at group level
What it shows for a new yard. A brand with no own CEO: engineering and operations sit in Ancona, selling and money in Forlì.
Former leaders now elsewhere13 people who held a top or senior seat here
now General Manager at Lusben Refitting Yards
now Managing Director at Cantiere delle Marche
now Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Trapani Shipyard S.r.l.
now Presidente at WIDER YACHTS
now General Manager at OTAM YACHTS
now Ingegnere navale at Self-employed
now Managing Director at Sanguineti
now Executive Chairman & Partner at WOSA Yacht Refit & Survey
now Chief Technical Officer at Alpha Custom Yachts
now Corporate Finance Director at Ferretti Group
now Head of Procurement at Benetti Yachts
now Production, Refitting and After Sales Manager at Baglietto spa
now Vicepresidente at Marevivo Liguria
The top team as read on LinkedIn51 people read as staff, October 2026
An Industrial Director (a former general manager of Cantiere delle Marche) and a Plant Manager over project managers, a chief architect of the design department, industrial planning, quality and safety, purchasing and a customer and broker care desk; sales sits with the group's custom-business sales director.
CRN's own LinkedIn page shows the Ancona yard as a production and project organisation without a commercial or finance top: those seats are at Ferretti Group. The one senior leader here is the industrial director who ran the neighbouring Cantiere delle Marche as general manager and came back to CRN in 2021, which makes him the best-placed person to explain Ancona's two very different builders.
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Candidates at CRN2 in the pools; the shortlisted first, then by tier and score
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Bruno Piantini
Direttore Industriale at CRN YACHTS · Ancona, Italy
* Business building20%General manager of Cantiere delle Marche
Leadership maturity10%Consulente @ Value Partners; Consulente @ Accenture; operations director since 2013
Reading. Industrial director since Jul 2021; before that General Manager of Cantiere delle Marche, Operations Director of CRN 2013-2021, and strategy consulting at Value Partners and Accenture; mechanical engineer. A general manager of the explorer-yacht builder the brief rates A+, now back at CRN on the industrial side.
* Commercial leadership30%No evidence in the profile.
* Yacht network20%No evidence in the profile.
* Technical and pricing20%Plant Manager @ CRN YACHTS; Plant Manager @ Ferretti Group (Mar 2024 – Present)
* Business building20%No evidence in the profile.
Leadership maturity10%DIRETTORE DI STABILIMENTO @ OMAS SPA
Reading. Plant manager of CRN since 2015 (head of quality, logistics and safety) and plant manager at Ferretti Group since Mar 2024; plant director at Omas before.
Career
Plant Manager · Ferretti Group Mar 2024 – Present
Responsabile Qualità , Logistica e Sicurezza · CRN YACHTS Jun 2015 – Present
Plant Manager · CRN YACHTS Oct 2015 – Feb 2024
DIRETTORE DI STABILIMENTO · OMAS SPA Jan 2006 – May 2015
quality controll · Johnson Controls Plastics 1993 – 2000
Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview
Show the facts and the dated news with their sources
Identity
Full name: CRN S.p.A. (Cantieri Navali Ancona heritage), a Ferretti Group brand. Founded 1963 in Ancona. source
Headquarters and yard: Ferretti Group Superyacht Yard, Via Enrico Mattei 26, Ancona. The same yard also builds Riva, Pershing and Custom Line superyachts.
Ownership: acquired by Ferretti Group in 1999. source
Parent's owners: Weichai Group about 39.5%, KKCG Maritime about 23.2% (2026). source
Sister brands: Ferretti Yachts, Pershing, Itama, Riva, Wally, Custom Line (see ferretti.md).
Size
Employees: not found (CRN does not report a separate headcount; Ferretti Group had about 1,600 staff around 2023). source
Revenue: not reported separately. Ferretti Group superyacht revenue FY2025 was €190.3 million (+28.1%); this segment covers CRN and other large yachts. source
Ferretti Group recorded no superyacht orders in H1 2026 (vs €64.9 million in H1 2025). source
Boat International Global Order Book: not found for CRN or Ferretti Group in the 2025 and 2026 edition coverage checked. source
Product
Size range: full-custom superyachts, roughly 50 m up to 95 m. source
Hull materials: steel hull with aluminium superstructure; some all-aluminium (Comfortably Numb). source
Build type: full custom only, no series. Each yacht carries a hull number (M/Y 141, 144, 145, 146).
In build as of 2025-09: M/Y 144 (86 m, new flagship, exterior by Vallicelli Design), M/Y 145 Project Thunderball (70 m), M/Y 146 Project Poe (67 m, planned 2027). source 1source 2