Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci

Biography

Professor Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci specializes in corporate law, with an emphasis on corporate governance, corporate theory, and legal personhood. Professor Gramitto Ricci’s main strand of research investigates how models of share ownership and the corporate governance infrastructure determine the ability of average citizens to participate in the corporate sector. His work in this field has been trailblazing: not just examining structures but exploring different pathways to increase the participation of everyday individuals in corporations’ decisions and profits. He has been analyzing the root causes of shareholding inequality, the relationship between shareholding and societal models, and the market failures that prevent corporate governance from being inclusive. Professor Gramitto Ricci has investigated several mechanisms to make the corporate sector answerable to society as well as the opportunities arising from the fintech-driven resurgence of retail investors as a market game-changer. He has also proposed private ordering solutions and engaged with policymakers to ensure that the stock market remains as accessible as possible for virtually anyone, including underprivileged minorities.

Professor Gramitto Ricci has published in the United States and internationally. His scholarship on retail investors and society-led corporate governance appears or is forthcoming in several law journals such as the Boston University Law Review, the Journal of Corporation Law, and the Washington University Law Review. His standard-bearer article on the use of artificial intelligence in corporate boardrooms is published in the Cornell Law Review.

Professor Gramitto Ricci also co-authored the book Citizen Capitalism: How a Universal Fund Can Provide Influence and Income to All. The book sheds light on the necessity to bridge the gap between civic society and the corporate sector and suggests a blueprint to include virtually everyone in corporate governance. Professor Gramitto Ricci advances the public understanding of the law with media appearances, presentations at high-profile academic events, and contributions to prominent blogs in his field and edited volumes.