Andrea Rizzoli (

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, 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 apprent ...

, 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

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. 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 multination ...

and

Giovanni Agnelli Giovanni Agnelli (13 August 1866 – 16 December 1945) was an Italian businessman, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899. Early life The son of Edoardo Agnelli and Aniceta Frisetti, he was born in 1866 in Villar Perosa, a small town near ...

. 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 Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

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