Andrea Rizzoli (

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, September 16, 1914 -

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, May 31, 1983) was an Italian entrepreneur, publisher and film producer. He was the son of

Angelo Rizzoli Angelo Rizzoli, OML (; 31 October 1889 – 24 September 1970) was an Italian publisher and film producer. Early life Rizzoli was born in Milan on 31 October 1889. Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, he rose to prosperity. He appren ...

, president of the publishing house

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, the first Italian publishing group in the seventies. In 1974, Andrea bought for 50 billion Liras, a huge sum at the time, The Group Editoriale Corriere della Sera. Thereby, he acquired a 100% stake in the paper owned until then by the Crespi family,

Angelo Moratti Angelo Moratti (5 November 1909 – 12 August 1981) was an Italian oil tycoon and the former owner of Inter Milan from 1955 to 1968. Biography In 1962, after a long history in the oil business, Moratti founded Saras S.p.A., an energy multinati ...

and Giovanni Agnelli. Between 1954 and 1963 Rizzoli was the owner and president of

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. During his presidency

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sports center was built and the club won 4 Italian Leagues, 1 Latin cup and 1 European Champions Cup. He was the father of

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* * Andrea 1914 births 1983 deaths Italian publishers (people) Italian film producers {{Italy-business-bio-stub