Massimo Moratti

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Massimo Moratti (born May 16, 1945 in Bosco Chiesanuova (VR) , Italy ) is an Italian oil tycoon (co-owner of the company Saras founded by his father ) and was the main owner and long-time president of the football club Inter Milan SpA between 1995 and 2013 .

Private

Moratti is the son of Angelo Moratti , the former owner and president of Inters (1955 to 1968). The era in which Inter became a world-famous team is still considered the club's most successful period. Massimo Moratti is married to Emilia Bossi and has five children. His sister-in-law Letizia Moratti , widow of his brother Gian Marco Moratti , who died in 2018 , is an Italian entrepreneur and former mayor of the city ​​of Milan .

Career

Massimo Moratti took over Inter Milan in 1995 and was initially also president of the club until he handed over this office to club legend Giacinto Facchetti in 2004 . After Facchetti's death in 2006, Moratti took over the presidency again.

Moratti has invested an estimated 750 million euros in the club. In July 1999 he bought striker Christian Vieri for the then record transfer fee of 90 billion lire (the equivalent of around 46.5 million euros). Other of his star purchases were Ronaldo , Adriano , Hernán Crespo , Zlatan Ibrahimović , Julio Cruz , Patrick Vieira , Juan Sebastián Verón , Samuel Eto'o and Diego Milito . Due to the sales of players like Andrea Pirlo , Clarence Seedorf , Roberto Carlos or Fabio Cannavaro , who became world stars after their departure from Inter Milan, Moratti often had to accept criticism for his transfer policy.

The Italian entrepreneur was also known for the numerous coaching changes in his era: Under Moratti, 19 different coaches worked at Inter, some of them several times. Roberto Mancini Inter trained the longest under him, but was sacked at the end of May 2008 after he had brought three Scudetti in a row. The most successful was José Mourinho , who won the Italian Cup , the Italian Championship and the UEFA Champions League in the 2009/10 season .

Under Moratti Inter Milan was 1998 UEFA Cup winners and 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 and 2010 Italian champion. The club also won the Italian Cup in 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2011 and the Italian Supercup in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010 . With the Champions League title in 2010 , Moratti was also able to build on the international successes of his father in 1964 and 1965 .

In 2013, the Indonesian investment group International Sports Capital, which is owned by businessmen Erick Thohir , Rosan Roeslani and Handy Soetedjo, took over 70% of the shares in Inter Milan. Moratti then resigned as president of Inter, but was appointed honorary chairman of the club.