Maria Elvira "Marina" Berlusconi (born 10 August 1966 in

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) is an Italian businesswoman, chairwoman of

Fininvest Finanziaria d'investimento Fininvest S.p.A., known as Fininvest S.p.A., is an Italian holding company controlled by the Berlusconi family and managed by Silvio Berlusconi's eldest daughter Marina Berlusconi. Structure The Fininvest group is c ...

Holding and of the

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publishing group. She is the oldest daughter of Italian businessman and politician

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies f ...

Biography

Marina Berlusconi is the daughter of Silvio Berlusconi and his first wife Carla Elvira Lucia Dall'Oglio, and is the elder sister of the businessman

Pier Silvio Berlusconi Pier Silvio Berlusconi (born 28 April 1969) is an Italian entrepreneur in the media business. He is the son of the former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and his first wife Carla Lucia Elvira Dall'Oglio. He has one older sister, Mari ...

. She has two children. After graduating from high school in classical studies, she began attending the Faculty of Law and then that of Political Science, both of which she abandoned in her first year.Marina Berlusconi: età altezza, figli e marito, carriera e biografia
''Italiantimes.com'', 6 March 2020 After an apprenticeship, Marina Berlusconi worked in several positions in the media business in Italy. She joined the board of

in 1994 alongside her brother Piersilvio. In 1995, she partook to the inauguration of the Spanish channel

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. Daniele Grasso
Marina Berlusconi: en el nombre del padre
''Elconfidencial.com'', 18 August 2013 In July 1996 she was appointed Deputy Chairman of the media holding company founded by her father. Since February 2003 she is the chairperson of Italy's largest magazine publisher,

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. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of MFE (until 2021 known as

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SpA) and was on the Board of Directors of Mediobanca from October 2008 to April 2012. In 2010 she was placed 48th in The World's 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes, the only italian in the list (where she had been since 2004). Since 2001, she has also been included in Fortune's magazine's list of the 50 most influential women in the international business community. In 2013, 2016, and 2018 the US magazine The Hollywood Reporter included Marina Berlusconi in its of the most 20 most influential women in the media TV industry. In 2011, Marina Berlusconi declared she never thought of entering politics.Marina Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi's Daughter, To Replace Father? (VIDEO)
''Huffingtonpost.com'', 8 October 2013 In 2014, she declared that it may happen eventually.

Personal life

In December 2008, Marina Berlusconi married Maurizio Vanadia, the former first dancer of

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. They had a son together before their marriage, Gabriele, born in 2002, and another named Silvio.

Prizes

*2004-2010: she was named in The World's 100 Most Powerful Woman in the world by

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Letizia Moratti Letizia Maria Moratti (née Brichetto Arnaboldi; Milan, 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was president of RAI (1994–1996), minister of Education, University and Research (2001–2006), mayor of Milan (2006– ...

, awarded her the Gold Medal of the City of Milan (Ambrogino d'oro), as "an example of Milanese excellence in the world and the ability to reconcile professional and family life".

References

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