# Elisa Piscitelli

> Elisa Piscitelli is the CEO and co-founder of Futurely (myfuturely.com), an Italian edtech platform that uses data and structured self-discovery to help teenagers choose what to study and who to become. A management engineer from Politecnico di Milano who went on to McKinsey and an MIT Master in Business Analytics on a Zegna scholarship, she traded a data-science career in California to build a company that now guides over 14,000 students a year across 50 schools and 30 companies. She was named to Forbes Italia's 30 Under 30 in 2021 for her work in education.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Futurely
- **Organizations:** Futurely, McKinsey & Company, MIT, End-to-End Analytics (Accenture), Politecnico di Milano, Alta Scuola Politecnica
- **From:** Milan, Italy
- **Nationality:** Italian
- **Education:** B.S. Management/Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, M.S. Industrial Engineering and Supply Chain Management, Politecnico di Milano, Master in Innovation Management, Alta Scuola Politecnica, Master of Business Analytics (Data Science & Operations Research), GPA 4.9/5.0, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Forbes Italia 30 Under 30 (2021), education category, Co-founded and leads Futurely, guiding 14,000+ students per year, Closed a $1.5M seed round led by Italian Angels for Growth and Angels4Women

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Joined McKinsey & Company as a Data Science Associate on the Advanced Analytics team
- **2018** — Earned MIT Master of Business Analytics on an Ermenegildo Zegna scholarship
- **2018** — Research Assistant in Machine Learning and Data Science at MIT
- **2019** — Co-founded Futurely with Mariapaola Testa
- **2020** — Digital Strategy Manager at End-to-End Analytics (part of Accenture) in Palo Alto
- **2021** — Named to Forbes Italia 30 Under 30 (education); Futurely closed a $1.5M funding round
- **2022** — Futurely scaling across Italian schools and companies, expanding into corporate welfare

## Achievements

- Forbes Italia 30 Under 30 (2021), education category
- Co-founded and leads Futurely, guiding 14,000+ students per year
- Closed a $1.5M seed round led by Italian Angels for Growth and Angels4Women
- Earned an MIT Master of Business Analytics with a 4.9/5.0 GPA on a Zegna scholarship
- Graduated with honors in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Milano

## Latest updates

- **2021-09** — Futurely closed a $1.5M round led by Italian Angels for Growth and Angels4Women, with backers including Diego Piacentini and Riccardo Zacconi.
- **2022-05** — Featured by StartupItalia; Futurely expanding into corporate welfare and reaching roughly 1% of Italy's student population.

## Links

- Website: https://myfuturely.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mck-mit-elisa-piscitelli

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Last updated: 2026-06-24