Pier Silvio Berlusconi (born 28 April 1969) is an
Italian
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entrepreneur in the media business. He is the son of the former Italian prime minister
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 ...
and his first wife Carla Lucia Elvira Dall'Oglio.
He has one older sister,
Maria Elvira "Marina" (born in 1966) and three younger half-siblings from his father's second marriage (
Barbara, Eleonora and Luigi).
Since 1992 Berlusconi held several positions at
Mediaset
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former ...
, the Italian commercial television network founded by his father,
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 ...
, and now controlled by the Berlusconi family through
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 co ...
.
In November 1996 he was appointed director of scheduling and programme coordination for Mediaset's three channels. In April 2000 he became deputy chairman of the Mediaset Group and chairman and chief executive of RTI and Med Due Srl. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Fininvest SpA, Gestevision Telecinco SA, Medusa Film Sp., Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA and Publitalia '80 SpA.
He has a daughter, Lucrezia Vittoria (born in 1990), with model Emanuela Mussida. Since 2002 he is a relationship with TV presenter
Silvia Toffanin with whom he had two children, Lorenzo Mattia (born in 2010) and Sofia Valentina (born in 2015).
References
Italian mass media owners
Pier Silvio
1969 births
Living people
Children of national leaders
Fininvest
Mediaset
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