Silvio Berlusconi left his last wife 100 million euros (5 photos)
Shortly before hospitalization, a well-known Italian politician and Entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi wrote a will and a farewell letter. On June 12, the three-time Prime Minister of Italy died at the 87th year of life from leukemia. His fortune is estimated at over $6 billion. Euro.
The late Silvio Berlusconi left 100 million euros to his last wife Marta Fashina
The late Silvio Berlusconi left 100 million euros to his wife Marte Fashine, gave the same amount to his brother Paolo and another 30 million euros - Marcello Dell'Utri, a former deputy of his Forza Italia party, who was serving a prison sentence for dealing with the mafia. Control over family holding company Fininvest went to two older children from the first marriage.
Fashina, 33, MP from Forward, Italy, began relations with Berlusconi in 2020. The couple held a "symbolic" wedding ceremony in March 2022.
Marina and Pier Silvio, children by first wife Carla Elvira Dell'Oglio will hold a combined 53% stake in Fininvest, according to the details of the will, which was released on Wednesday evening. Now Marina is the head of Fininvest, and Pierre Silvio is the head of telecommunications company Mediaset - the jewel of the family's assets Berlusconi.
"I leave the shares in equal shares to my children Marina and Pierre Silvio. Everything else I leave in equal shares to my five children. Marina, Pier Silvio, Barbara, Eleanor and Luigi," the document.
Berlusconi wrote his will by hand in a yellow notebook with letterhead of his Villa San Martino on 2 October last year, for weeks before Forward Italy returned to government in a coalition led by Georgia Meloni's Brothers Italy".
The politician expressed his love for children, and also left instructions regarding the inheritance due to Fascine and Dell'Utri. "Thank you, with much love to all of you, your father," he wrote.
Dell'Utri, suddenly 30 million euros rich, was "deeply touched" by the act of a friend: "Despite the strong friendship that connected us, I did not expect this."
Silvio Berlusconi's huge fortune includes a football club Monza, real estate, yachts and works of art, but the main the asset is Mediaset, Italy's largest media and telecommunications company.
The family is considering converting the villa San Martino, the main residence of Berlusconi, where he held business meetings, as well as "bunga-bunga" parties, to the museum.