Roberto Mantovani, known internationally as Rob Mantovani, is an Italian entrepreneur, record producer and music promoter. Since 2010 he has lived in Andalusia, Spain, where he leads an international group of companies operating in music, digital distribution, communication and services for the entertainment industry.
He is the founder and president of Mantovani Europe SL, the European holding company that controls numerous companies and brands specializing in music promotion, digital distribution, radio monitoring, music publishing, press office services and marketing for the entertainment industry. Through the US subsidiary Mantovani America LLC, the group has strengthened its international presence across Europe, the United States and Latin America.
His professional career began in 2003 in technology applied to live entertainment and digital communication. In the following years he worked with major figures in the Italian and international music and television industries, standing out for his collaboration with Claudio Cecchetto, with whom he created the Cecchetto Festival in Internet project and contributed to the development of the Memoring platform.
Throughout his career he has worked with hundreds of artists, producers, music publishers and industry operators, contributing to the promotion and circulation of Italian and international productions. Names he has worked with include PFM – Premiata Forneria Marconi, Vittorio Nocenzi, Danilo Amerio, Maria Claire D’Ubaldo, Jalisse, Paola Iezzi, Shalpy (Giovanni Scialpi), Gary Low, Pino D’Angiò, Le Div4s and many other Italian, Spanish and Latin American artists.
Over the years he has also developed professional collaborations with important players in the international music industry, including Sony Music Entertainment España and Latin America, Warner Music Group, Universal Music, Produlam and Smilax Publishing, taking part in radio and television promotion, distribution and artist development projects.
Under his direction, numerous brands specializing in services for the music sector have been created and developed, including DISTRID, Radio Promoter, Promotor Musical, Radio Hits, Lista Indie, Classifica Indie, Promo.Radio, Monitor Radio and other platforms dedicated to international music promotion and distribution.
Through DISTRID, a company controlled by Mantovani America LLC and specialized in digital distribution and catalog monetization, the group passed the milestone of 100,000 tracks distributed worldwide in 2025, generating more than 250 million streams per year, equal to an average of over 685,000 daily plays. This result consolidates the group’s position among the most dynamic independent companies in the international music sector.
Today Roberto Mantovani leads an entrepreneurial ecosystem active across Europe, the United States and Latin America, offering digital distribution, radio and television promotion, music marketing, media monitoring, music publishing and strategic consulting services for artists, record labels, publishers and entertainment industry operators.
In 2026 he appears in the eleventh episode of the eighth season of Little Big Italy, produced by Banijay and hosted by Francesco Panella, winning one of the most watched episodes of the season.
Roberto Mantovani’s activities range from digital music distribution to radio promotion, from music marketing to music publishing, from digital rights management to consulting for independent artists, record labels and producers, contributing to the development of music projects in more than 100 countries worldwide.