Biography of Vittorio Cecchi Gori

Shattered Empires

April 27, 1942
Vittorio Cecchi Gori was born in Florence on April 27, 1942. Entrepreneur, son of film producer Mario Cecchi Gori, has continued the activity after the disappearance (November 5, 1993). Since he took over the company Victor has expanded sphere of activities, the ambitious goal to penetrate the third prong Italian television duopoly, creating an alternative to Rai and Mediaset. In 1995 Videomusic and Telemontecarlo networks buy, entering also in the shareholder base of Telepiù. Five years later, in 2000, coming economic difficulties that force Vittorio Cecchi Gori to sell everything, while still maintaining the numerous cinemas in major Italian cities. From 1993 until 2002 is also President of Fiorentina, the Football Club of his hometown (his father Mario was President from 1990 until 9913); the years of his presidency, marked by the presence of the Argentine Batistuta, yielded to the bomber football Italy Cup (1996 and 2001) and a Super League (1996).
The financial crises that have touched the television broadcasting activities also involve the sport: bankrupt the Florentine company, "would be the entrepreneur Diego Della Valle to detect it by founding the new company" Florentia Viola ". Also engaged in politics, Vittorio Cecchi Gori was elected Senator in 1994, until 1996, the lists of the Italian people's Party. In 2001 is bidding with the olive tree in the College of Acireale, but collects only the 33% of the vote; in the same year he was under investigation for vote trading, on suspicion of having paid supporters dell'acireale militant football in serie C1. In view of the general elections of 2006 decides to run in Lazio 1: is the Chamber leaders with the movement for autonomy, allied with the Northern League, but is not elected. Married for a long time with the former actress Rita Rusic (from 1983 to 2000), after the separation the wife has undertaken autonomously the business of film producer. Subsequently Cecchi Gori has had a long relationship with the actress and note and showgirl Valeria Marini, completed in 2005. Since 2006 the new partner is the actress-model Mara Meis.
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