Andrea Rizzoli

Andrea Rizzoli (Como, November 12, 1943 - Rome, December 11, 2013) was an Italian entrepreneur, publisher, film producer. He was the son of Angelo Rizzoli, president of the publishing house RCS MediaGroup, the first Italian publishing group in the seventies.

In 1974, Andrea bought for 40 billion lires, an unusual sum at the time, The Group Editoriale Corriere della Sera. Thereby, he acquired a 100% stake in the paper owned until then by the Crespi family, Angelo Moratti and Giovanni Agnelli.