Who is Rocco Commisso?

While Yonghong Li is facing a difficult a financial time, the only savor of Milan seems to be Rocco Commisso, who made an offer of 880 million euros. But who is Rocco Commisso and how is he linked with Milan?

Commisso was born in Calabria, Italy. He migrated to the US at age 12. He worked 40 hours per week to pay his way through Catholic High School. He earned a full scholarship to Columbia University. Then he went to its business school. He later worked in banking before he landed at Cablevision. I 1995 he founded Mediacom. Mediacom would turn out to be a company which made him a billionaire. With a net worth of 4.4 billion $, this selfmade entrepreneur seems to be the perfect option for Milan.