Andrea Rizzoli (

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, September 16, 1914 -

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionAngelo Rizzoli, president of the publishing house

RCS MediaGroup RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli Editore and Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, ra ...

, the first Italian publishing group in the seventies. He was the father of Angelo Rizzoli.

Biography

In 1974, Andrea bought for 50 billion Liras, a huge sum at the time, The Group Editoriale

Corriere della Sera (; ) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023. First published on 5 March 1876, is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remain ...

. Thereby, he acquired a 100% stake in the paper owned until then by the Crespi family, Angelo Moratti and Giovanni Agnelli. Between 1954 and 1963, Rizzoli was the owner and President of A.C. Milan. During his presidency, Milanello sports center was built and the club won 4 Italian Leagues, 1 Latin cup and 1 European Champions Cup.

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Andrea 1914 births 1983 deaths Italian publishers (people) Italian book publishers (people) Italian film producers AC Milan chairmen and investors {{Italy-business-bio-stub