The eldest daughter of Silvio Berlusconi already runs the family holding company Fininvest. Nevertheless, Marina Berlusconi always stood in her father’s shadow. Now she is stepping into the limelight – will she also get involved in politics?
The Monday date had been set for 30 years: Over dinner at her father’s residence just outside Milan, Marina Berlusconi and her brother Pier Silvio discussed business and politics with their father and his closest circle.
That dinner at the Villa San Martino, an 18th-century estate, was canceled this week. Instead, Marina, the eldest of Silvio Berlusconi’s five children, was woken up at dawn by a call from her father’s partner, Marta Fascina, telling her that the three-time prime minister and media magnate was dying. She should rush to the hospital, confidants of the daughter report. Later that morning, Berlusconi was pronounced dead.
Source: Stern
