Silvio Berlusconi
Former Prime Minister (4 terms), Media Mogul
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Media mogul PM with decades of corruption trials
Four-time Italian PM faced numerous corruption, fraud, and tax trials over three decades. First sitting PM convicted. Controlled Italy's private TV landscape while making laws affecting his businesses.
Why tracked: Emblematic figure of political-business corruption nexus in EU; multiple convictions; systemic conflict of interest.
Biography
Born: September 29, 1936, Milan, Italy
Died: June 12, 2023, Milan, Italy
Education: Law degree, Università Statale di Milano
Family: Married twice, 5 children
Early Career: Construction (Milano 2), then media empire
Net Worth: ~$6 billion at death
Notable: Founded Forza Italia party (1994); owned AC Milan; controlled ~90% of Italian private TV
Cases Involved
Mediaset Tax Fraud
Tax evasion — CONVICTED 2013 (4yr → 1yr)
Mills Bribery
Foreign bribery — Statute expired
Ruby (Bunga Bunga)
Prostitution/abuse of office — Acquitted on appeal
Mediatrade
Corporate fraud — Acquitted
Sources
- La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Reuters, Italian courts