Silvio Berlusconi Net Worth: How rich was the former AC Milan president?

News broke on Monday morning that Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister and former AC Milan owner and president, has passed away at the age of 86.

There are few people in the history of modern European politics that have divided opinion quite as much as Berlusconi. In Italy, there will be some in extreme mourning, and some who are almost celebrating his death.

Silvio Berlusconi's massive influence in Italy

A man who has operated in many different spheres of life, Berlusconi was a media mogul in Italy, owning three national television channels via Mediaset, which accounted for half of the national television sector.

He also owned Publitalia, the leading advertising and publicity agency in Italy. Beyond that, he owned a controlling stake in the largest publishing house in Italy, whilst his brother owns and operates Il Giornale, a centre-right newspaper.

His former wife partially owned an influential right-wing newspaper, so his grip on the media landscape was vast.

As well as that, he became the owner and president of AC Milan football club in 1986, turning them into one of the most successful clubs in the world.

Under his reign, they won eight league titles, one Coppa Italia, seven Supercoppa, five European Cups, five UEFA Super Cups and three Intercontinental Cups or Club World Cups.

More recently, he has been the owner of Serie A side Monza, having sold AC Milan in 2017. He is also Italy's longest-serving prime minister in the period following the Second World War.

How rich was Silvio Berlusconi?

It was reported by Forbes in 2012 that Berlusconi was Italy's sixth-richest man. He had a net worth of 5.9 billion dollars at that time, and that wealth grew in the final decade of his life.

In fact, it has been reported by multiple outlets that Silvio Berlusconi's net worth at his death was 6.8 billion dollars.