 He graduated in law at the La Sapienza University in Rome, after which he worked in various finance companies until 1998, when he became a manager of Ferrari under the presidency of Luca Cordero di Montezemolo.In the early 2000s he became the marketing manager of Sky Italia.From 2004 to 2008 Calenda served as assistant to the then president of Confindustria, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo.