Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone
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Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone (born 1943) is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 businessman. He controls the holding company Caltagirone S.p.A. with interests in cement manufacturing, real estate, construction and publishing (with Caltagirone Editore
Caltagirone Editore
Caltagirone Editore S.p.A. is an Fourth Italian Publishing House, based in Rome, Italy, founded in July 1999 and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since December 2000....

).

Caltagirone was born in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. He is married and has three children: Francesco, Alessandro, and Azzurra (who has a daughter, Caterina, with her husband the Italian politician Pier Ferdinando Casini
Pier Ferdinando Casini
Pier Ferdinando Casini is an Italian politician.-Biography:President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006...

).

Caltagirone was ranked number 258 on the 2006 Forbes billionaire list and the seventh richest person in Italy, with estimated net worth of $2.7 billion.
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