July 07, (THEWILL) – Silvio Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister, has willed €100 million to his 33-year-old girlfriend, and control of the family holding company, Fininvest, to his two eldest children.
Berlusconi, who was one of Italy’s richest men, died on June 12, after battling leukemia. He was aged 86.
The three-time Italian prime minister, whose empire is estimated to be worth more than €6 billion, also left €100 million to his brother, Paolo, and €30 million to his former special adviser, who is also a politician, Marcello Dell’Utri.
Marina and Pier Silvio, his children with his first wife, Carla Elvira Dall’Oglio, have a combined stake of 53% in Fininvest, according to details of the Will, which was unsealed on Wednesday night and first reported by Ansa, an Italian news agency.
His younger lover, Fascina, who is a Forza Italia deputy, began a relationship with him in 2020. The pair held a symbolic marriage ceremony in March 2022 and Berlusconi reportedly referred to her as his wife on his death bed.
Berlusconi wrote his Will by hand on a yellow notepad marked with the letterhead of his mansion, Villa San Martino, which is near Milan.
He signed it in October last year, weeks before Forza Italia returned to government, in a coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party.
According to Ansa, the decision over Fininvest was made in 2006. In the Will, Berlusconi stated what he left his remaining children.
“I leave the available stock in equal parts to my children, Marina and Pier Silvio. I leave all the rest in equal parts to my five children, Marina, Pier Silvio, Barbara, Eleonora and Luigi.”
Berlusconi expressed his love for his children in the letter, while also leaving instructions regarding the share of the inheritance bestowed to Fascina and Dell’Utri.
“Thank you, so much love to all of you, your father”, he wrote.
Marina, one of his children, chairs Fininvest, while Pier Silvio is the deputy chair of Mediaset, the jewel of the Berlusconi family assets.
