Urbano Cairo (born 21 May 1957) is an Italian businessman and

chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

Torino F.C. Torino Football Club (), commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A. Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mos ...

Cairo is a native of Milan. His principal business interest is in

Cairo Communication Cairo Communication S.p.A. is an Italian media and publishing company based in Milan. The shares of the company float in Borsa Italiana. Urbano Cairo, via UT Communications, UT Belgium Holding, owned 50.101% stake of the company. In turn Cairo C ...

, a business which he founded. At as mid-2016, Cairo via U.T. Communications and UT Belgium Holding, owned 50.1% stake in Cairo Communication. U.T. Communications was also the parent company of

Cairo is also the president of

RCS MediaGroup RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly 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, radio broadcasting, ne ...

56% share. In 2021, RCS lost the battle with Blackstone on the sale of building in Milan.

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1957 births Living people People from Alessandria Italian publishers (people) Italian football chairmen and investors Torino F.C. presidents {{italy-business-bio-stub