Rocco Commisso Net Worth: Full Details

Rocco Commisso can be described as an Italian-born American billionaire, businessman, founder, chairman and Chief executive officer (CEO) of Mediacom. Mediacom was the fifth-largest cable television company in the US.

Rocco Commisso was born on November 25, 1949, and as of 2011, it can be said that Mediacom is privately owned by Rocco Commisso.

reviously, Rocco Commisso had worked for companies such as Cablevision, the Royal Bank of Canada as well as Chase Manhattan Bank. Rocco Commisso has also been the owner and chairman of the New York Cosmos since 2017.

He has been the owner of Italian football club ACF Fiorentina since June 2019.
It must be noted that Rocco Commisso was born in Calabria, Italy but relocated to the United States of America at the age of 12. Concerning education, he is known to have attended Mount Saint Michael Academy High School in the Bronx.

Later, he attended Columbia University on a full undergraduate scholarship. Rocco Commisso graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering in 1971 from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the Columbia University.

He further earned an MBA in 1975 from the Columbia Business School. While at Columbia University, Rocco Commisso was co-captain of the university’s school team. He was also elected President of the Business school student body. Rocco Commisso received the business school service award.

The business career of Rocco Commisso started at Pfizer Inc. He spent 10 years in the financial industry initially at Chase Manhattan Bank but later in 1978, he worked with cable companies and other entertainment enterprises.

Rocco Commisso led Royal Bank of Canada in it’s US lending activities to the media as well as communication sectors. Rocco Commisso, between 1986 and 1995, was the executive vice president, chief financial officer, and director of Cablevision industries corporation.
Rocco Commisso was on the board of the following companies; National Cable & Telecommunications Association, C-SPAN and Cable Television Laboratories. He is also a member of the Cable TV Pioneers.

Rocco Commisso Net Worth

The net worth of Rocco Commisso is pegged at $7.82 billion and his businesses and investments account for his wealth.

Reference:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_B._Commisso
https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/rocco-b-commisso/


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