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Riccardo Silva
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Riccardo Silva

Italian businessman and investor (born 1970)

Riccardo Silva (born 1970) is an Italian businessman. He is the owner of Silva International Investments, with investments in companies across media, sports, entertainment, art, and real estate.2

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Born Jun 4, 1970.1

About

He is also a co-owner of AC Milan, president and co-owner of Miami FC, owner of the Silva family art collection, and was CEO of the Milan Channel.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedBocconi University3

Riccardo Silva was born in 1970 in Milan, the grandson of the founder of Italsilva – Gruppo Desa, one of Italy's largest chemical groups. His maternal family, Fabbri, is known for its publishing company, Fabbri Editori, which is now part of the RCS Media Group. Silva completed his studies at Bocconi University and Tulane University.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

Early career

In 1998 Silva launched MP Web, an internet start-up of the Milan-based Media Partners Group (now Infront Media), managing sports rights and content for mobile and Internet platforms, which first came to prominence in the 1990s. In 2001, Riccardo Silva became CEO of Milan Channel, the official TV channel of the AC Milan football club, and guided the international development of the channel.

Silva International Investments

In 2016, Silva established Silva International Investments, a portfolio company which invests and manages assets in media, sport, fashion, technology, and real estate.

Since its inception, the company have invested in Mast Capital, a Miami-based real estate and development company and has made a number of acquisitions, including a majority stake in Globe Soccer Awards.

In August 2017, Silva International Investments acquired SportBusiness, who provide insight into businesses working in the sports industry throughout the world.

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Other business interests

Silva has other business interests in technology, fashion, and arts, including Globe Soccer Awards and in Sports Business. In December 2017, a gallery at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach was renamed the Riccardo and Tatyana Silva Gallery in recognition of the support they have given to the museum and the arts in general.Silva is among the founders and investors of Sports Performance Hub, a $280 million multi-sports academy complex which is under construction in Homestead, near Miami.

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Personal life

  • BornJun 4, 1970, Milan6
  • CitizenshipItaly7

Riccardo Silva is married to Tatyana Silva, and they have two sons.

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