The 52-year-old's life has been dominated by the sea.
Born in the coastal town of Castellammare di Stabia, near the southern city of Naples, he attended a nautical institute in the nearby town of Piano di Sorrento.
Few personal details are known about Mr Schettino, and his family - based in the Naples town of Meta - have said they are no longer giving interviews to the press.
Captain Francesco Schettino was arrested a day after the disaster accused of manslaughter and abandoning the ship before all of the people were evacuated. Prosecutors say he also refused to go back on board when requested by the coastguard.
The captain has been branded a reckless show-off who refused to listen to orders and operated the ship as it if was a speed boat.
Schettino, 52, was being questioned by prosecutors Tuesday following his arrest in the wake of Friday’s disaster that has left at least 11 people dead.
Mario Palombo, a former captain of the doomed Costa Concordia with whom Schettino served as first mate for four years, told investigators that he was “too high-spirited and a dare devil,” local media reported.
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