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Marco Fassone (born August 17, 1964 in Pinerolo) is an Italian business executive and sports manager, former managing director of AC Milan. [1] He assumed this role after Li Yonghong’s Luxembourg-based holding company, Rossoneri Sport Investment, completed the takeover of Milan from Italian media mogul and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. [2]

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