Milano, 20 October (LaPresse) – "In thirteen years, between 2011 and 2024, Italy has lost 193,000 young businesses, led by under-35s, of which over 87,000 are in the South. The total number of young businesses has therefore fallen by 30.6% compared to an overall decrease in businesses of 4.2%, while the share of young businesses has fallen to 8.7% compared to 11.9% in 2011 (-3.2 percentage points). With the same percentage of young businesses as in 2011, we would now have between €49 and €65 billion more in GDP. To hire young people, we need young entrepreneurs. These are some of the main findings of the Confcommercio Research Department's analysis “The importance of young entrepreneurs for economic growth”, presented today in Milan at the 16th National Forum of Young Entrepreneurs of Confcommercio. “In fact,” continues Confcommercio, 'the proportion of young people among employees is systematically higher in companies less than five years old, which are predominantly run by young people.