Urbano Cairo
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-05-21) 21 May 1957
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Years Team
1973 – 1975[1] Pro Sesto[1]

Urbano Cairo (born 21 May 1957)[2] is an Italian businessman and media proprietor.

Cairo was born in Milan. His parents were originally from Masio, within the province of Alessandria. In his teen years he was a promising football player, and went on to play for Pro Sesto 1913 as a mid-fielder. Cairo graduated at Bocconi University in 1981. After working for a few years as personal assistant of Silvio Berlusconi at Fininvest, in 2000 he founded his own company, Cairo Communication.[3] Cairo via U.T. Communications and UT Belgium Holding, owns 50.1% stake in Cairo Communication. He is also the owner of the majority share of the RCS MediaGroup – a former Rizzoli company that publishes newspapers such as Corriere della Sera and Gazzetta dello Sport.

Cairo is also the president of the Serie A club Torino F.C..

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Cairo, lascia il Toro e compra la Pro Sesto". La Stampa (in Italian). 31 December 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Biography". RCS.
  3. ↑ Fabio Pavesi (29 April 2016). "Ecco chi è Urbano Cairo, l'uomo che vuole comprarsi il Corriere della Sera". Il Sole 24 Ore. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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