As a child, Luca Zocche, founder of Fides Entrepreneurship, was often reminded by his father of the example of Ken Langone, the billionaire founder of Home Depot. Langone was held up as an example of someone who was immensely successful, but who had not forgotten that his success came from God.
One morning, at the 7.30 am Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Zocche saw Langone sitting a few pews ahead of him. When he later told his Catholic friends about the experience, many reacted with disbelief, surprised that someone of Ken Langone’s stature and success would still feel the need to attend Holy Mass. Their surprise led Zocche to found Fides Entrepreneurship, a group of like minded Catholics who meet to place God at the centre of their success in business.
