Silvio Berlusconi Resigns
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Mogul
Before Berlusconi turned to politics, he was a wealthy man, having made a fortune in construction and then, later, in media. In 2010, his estimated worth was nine billion dollars. Here, he poses on his private jet en route from Rome to Milan, 1987.
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