by Beatrice Branca
The 73-year-old native of Milan, Merati Foscarini, was managing director and then president of Banca Svizzera Italiana. The parting words to his wife: “Accomplices in everything and united to the end by a deep and unique love”
Marco Merati Foscarini it was that way for almost twenty years Life partner of Anna KanakisModel and actress, Miss Italy in 1977, died on Tuesday, November 21, at the age of 61. Foscarini was born on August 18, 1949 in Milan and brings The historical legacy of an important Venetian patrician family rests on his shoulders. As a banker, he held management positions in the Italian Swiss bank. Meeting Kanakis and marrying the actress – he thought – was one of the happiest moments of his life.
The Doges and the Banks
Marco Merati Foscarini he is the descendant of the eponymous Marco Foscarinione of the last Doges are said to have ruled the Serenissima from 1762 until his death in 1773. However, it is likely that they were the Foscarini family originally from Altino or Padua and moved to Venice only later did he become the protagonist of the Maritime Republic’s politics. Regardless of family history, Foschini was CEO of the Swiss Italian Bank from 1990 to 1998 and then drove it like that President until 2012. He later headed the private banking network the Banca Leonardo and also launched the group’s activities in Italy Indosuez.
The meeting, the wedding, the complicity
Foscarini has met Anna Kanakis for the first time in 1981: She was 19 and he was ten years older. Her However, the romance blossomed after 1984the year the actress She leaves her husband Claudio Simonetti, founder of Goblin, the legendary group that wrote the soundtrack to Profondo Rosso and Suspiria, horror masterpieces by Dario Argento. In an interview with Corriere della SeraKanakis had said it was her conquered by Foscarini because of its depth and thanks to him to have regained trust in the male universe. The two then met married in 2004 and there were no children from their marriage. However, this was never an obstacle for the couple, always close and in harmony. Foscarini himself remembers it in the words he dedicated to his wife the day after his death: “You have been my loyal companion these twenty yearsgenerous, intelligent and good to deal with I shared the best moments of my life. Accomplices in everything and united to the end by a deep and unique love. I hug you, my great love, you will forever be in my now shattered heart. Your Marco.”
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November 22, 2023 (modified November 22, 2023 | 5:35 p.m.)
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