9.
Silvio Berlusconi – 9 billion $
An important figure of the Italian politics and the biggest media holder in the country Silvio Berlusconi is a controversial figure on this list.
Known for the major scandals presented in the media, and for the fact that he managed to get reelected 3 times as the Prime Minister of Italy, he was named by the Forbes Magazine the most powerful person in Italy and 12th in the world.
His net worth is estimated at 9 billion dollars, Berlusconi making his fist money in the property construction and selling. This is the place from where the media empire got its initial money.
In the football industry Berlusconi bought the AC MILAN club saving it from bankruptcy and investing a large amount of money at that time, bringing also the most valuable players of the moment like Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard.
For now he remains one of the richest football club owners in Europe even if in the present the executive chair of the “Rossoneri” is his daughter Barbara.
The next owner is from Russia ->
