Massimo Moratti

Massimo Moratti
Moratti in 2018
Chairman of Inter Milan
In office
2006–2013
Preceded byGiacinto Facchetti
Succeeded byErick Thohir
In office
1995–2004
Preceded byErnesto Pellegrini
Succeeded byGiacinto Facchetti
Personal details
Born (1945-05-16) 16 May 1945
Bosco Chiesanuova, Kingdom of Italy
SpouseMilly Moratti (m. 1971)
Children5
OccupationBusinessman
Known for

Massimo Moratti (born 16 May 1945) is an Italian billionaire petroleum businessman, the former owner of Inter Milan and chairman of the Saras Group, founded in 1962 by his father, industrialist Angelo Moratti. The main production site of the Saras Group is the Sarroch refinery located on the island of Sardinia, one of Europe's only six supersites, with a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, representing 15% of refining capacity in Italy. In recent years, initially to enable independence of the Sarroch refinery from terms of energy, the Saras Group has entered into the production of electricity and is expanding its production of alternative energy sources, particularly in the field of wind energy, through its subsidiaries Sarlux and Sardeolica, the latter of which is controlled indirectly through the company Eolici Ulassai.

From 1995 until 2013, Moratti was the chairman of Internazionale. He is said to have spent around €1.5 billion of his personal fortune in the transfer market, and was famous for signing numerous football superstars such as Ronaldo in 1997.

He was Inter's honorary chairman, and also a United Nations goodwill ambassador. In 2013, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.