Andrea Radrizzani

Radrizzani was born in Rho, a metropolitan area of Milan. He graduated with a degree in public relations from IULM University in 1996. Growing up passionate about football, he supported Juventus in his childhood and adolescence.

A self-made businessman, Radrizzani began his career in sports media in 1999 with digital sports content distributor Media Partners and founded Media Partners’ China business.

He co-founded MP & Silva in 2004 from Singapore, which went on to become an international sports rights company with 20 offices around the world, working in partnership with rights holders, including the Premier League, UEFA, F1, La Liga, NBA and WSBC.

Radrizzani led media rights distribution agreements with selected Serie A teams in 2004, before acquiring the rights for the majority of Serie A teams in 2006. MP & Silva went on to build out its European football rights portfolio in Asia. In 2010, Radrizzani negotiated a new media rights partnership with Arsenal. The following year, he helped MP & Silva acquire pan-European rights for the French Open. In 2013, Radrizzani led MP & Silva's negotiations to secure the Premier League's broadcast rights in 51 territories, including the Middle East. The agency also bought Formula One rights in MENA and some selected European countries. Radrizzani was also responsible for leading rights distribution deals with Roland Garros, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 among others.

In 2014, Radrizzani stepped back from day-to-day MP & Silva operations. In May 2016, following the $1 billion sale of MP & Silva to a Chinese investment group, Radrizzani was appointed vice chairman of MP & Silva. On 17 October 2018, the High Court ordered the winding-up of MP & Silva.

Radrizzani is also founder and chairman of the Play for Change Foundation, a charity that runs sport and education programmes for children both internationally and in Italy, his home country. Radrizzani was appointed to the UEFA Foundation for Children's Board of Trustees in 2022.

In November 2022 Radrizzani, his investment arm Aser Media, MP & Silva, and several of his former MP & Silva colleagues were named in a High Court of Justice judgement. Jinxin, a joint venture between China Everbright Group and Beijing Baofeng Technology, acquired 65% of MP & Silva in 2016. After MP & Silva's collapse in 2018, Jinxin made multiple claims of fraud against the defendants. Certain allegations of fraud were subsequently struck out, but Peter MacDonald Eggers KC stated that "Jinxin has a real prospect of succeeding in its claim against MPS LLC" with regard to EBITDA figures allegedly being falsely inflated, and a trial lasting 21 weeks is scheduled for 2025. Radrizzani has since been appointed to DAZN's board.