Ernesto Pellegrini died: Owner and Chairman of Inter Milan, Ernesto Pellegrini died on 31 May 2025 in Milan, Italy at the age of 84 at 8:00 a.m. on the day of the match, just hours before the club’s Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain. He was suffering from from a lung infection. 
He was known as Italian businessman who served as owner of Inter Milan from 1984 to 1995. He born on 14 December 1940 in Milan, Kingdom of Italy. Initially he worked in bicycle manufacturing company Bianchi in 1960 where his earning was 50,000 lira per month and he promoted as chief accountant then manager of the canteen. In 1965, he founded the Organizzazione Mense Pellegrini company. In 1975, his company changed the name Organizzazione Mense Pellegrini to Pellegrini S.p.A.
This company provides meal vouchers, corporate, healthcare, and school catering, sanitation and industrial cleaning, and welfare support.
In 2019, his company earned €600 million profit and 6,500 people worked in his company.
In 1979, he met Inter’s chairman Ivanoe Fraizzoli and he made member of the board in Ivanoe Fraizzoli and he purchased Ivanoe Fraizzoli in 1984 and became the club’s 17th chairman. Popular player as like Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann, and Andreas Brehme played with his club. In 2020, Inter Milan Hall of Fame was introduced by him and also the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2022.
Ernesto Pellegrini’s wife was named Ivana. They have a daughter, Valentina Pellegrini. Her daughter has been serving as the Vice President and Managing Director of the Pellegrini Group since 2014.
In 2019, Ernesto Pellegrini’s net worth was €700 million.
