Renato Soru
Italian politician and entrepreneur (born 1957)
Renato Soru (born 6 August 1957) is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the internet service company Tiscali, based in Cagliari.2
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Born Aug 26, 1957.1
About
Forbes listed Soru as one of the world's richest people, with a net worth of over $4 billion as of September 2001.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedBocconi University3
Soru was born in Sanluri, Sardinia, in 1957. He holds a University degree from Bocconi University in Milan.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson, politician, entrepreneur.8
- 2019 to 2022Chief executive, Tessellis6
- 2014 to 2019Member of the European Parliament7
- 2009 to 2015Chief executive, Tessellis6
- 2004 to 2008President of Sardinia7
- 1998 to 2004Chief executive, Tessellis6
- Date not recordedFounded Sardinia Project4
- Date not recordedFounded Tessellis5
In 2004, Soru was elected the president of Sardinia with the centre-left coalition with an audacious program to reinvigorate the economy within the island by introducing external investors. On 28 November 2008, he resigned from his position. He ran again for president of Sardinia in the February 2009 election but was defeated by the right-wing Popolo della Libertà candidate Ugo Cappellacci.
On 20 May 2008, Soru bought the left-wing newspaper l'Unità.
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Personal life
Legal issues and controversies
On 5 May 2016, Soru was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion that amounted to about 2.6 million euro and was connected to a loan made by the company Andalas Ltd. to Tiscali. The sentence was reversed by the Italian Court of Appeal on 8 May 2017. Out of five counts, he was cleared from the third "because the fact is not a crime" and from the two "because the fact did not happen".
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Sources
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- 1WikidataRenato Soru on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaRenato Soru on Wikipedia
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- 12WikidataRenato Soru: X, on Wikidata
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- 15WikidataFacebook, as reported
- 16WikidataTessellis, Founder
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