Personal Life
Monti is married to his wife Elsa and has two sons.
Known for his reserved character, Monti acknowledges not being especially sociable. He has said that his youth was given over to hard study; spare-time activities included cycling and keeping up with world affairs by tuning in to foreign short-wave radio stations.
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