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Silvio Berlusconi | Time Reading >>
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Born
September 29, 1936
Education
He studied law, graduating with a thesis on the legal aspects of advertising in 1961.
Occupation
Politician
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Family
In 1965 he married Carla Dall'Oglio, and they had two children: Maria Elvira, better known as Marina (born 1966) and Piersilvio (b. 1968). Years later, Berlusconi established a durable relationship with the actress Veronica Lario (born Miriam Bartolini), with whom he had three children: Barbara (b. 1984), Eleonora (b. 1986) and Luigi (b. 1988). He was divorced from Dall'Oglio in 1985, and married Lario in 1990.
Religion
Catholic
Career
Berlusconi's business career began in the building construction business in the 1960s. In the late 1960s, he had the idea of developing Milano 2, a garden city of around 3,500 flats.
His first entry into the media world was in 1973 by means of a cable television station, Telemilano, designed to service his Milano 2 residential development.
He is the leader of the Forza Italia, political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 1993 in Rome. Berlusconi has twice held office as prime minister of Italy, most recently from 2001 to 2006.
Berlusconi is the founder and shareholder of Fininvest, the third largest Italian corporation, which deals in media and financial business and, most notably, comprises three national TV channels. Together these account for nearly half the Italian TV market. He is also well known for being, since 1986, the president of A.C.Milan a prominent Italian football team. Under his presidency it has won a number of national and international trophies. According to Forbes magazine, Berlusconi is Italy's richest person, an allegedly self-made man with personal assets worth $11 billion (USD) in 2006, making him the world's 37th richest person. (From: Wikipedia)
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