Giorgio Gori

Giorgio Gori (born 24 March 1960, in Bergamo) is an Italian entrepreneur, journalist and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has been the mayor of Bergamo since June 2014. Early life Giorgio Gori attended high school at the Liceo classico Paolo Sarpi in Bergamo, where he became a member of the secularist and reformism student group "Action and Freedom". At 18 years old he started working for Radio Bergamo, a liberal station directed by Vittorio Feltri. In the following years he worked for L'Eco di Bergamo and Bergamo Oggi, two local newspapers. Manager career In 1984 Gori was hired by Rete 4, an Italian TV station owned by Silvio Berlusconi. In 1991 Gori became the director of Canale 5, the main TV channel of Berlusconi's Mediaset. In 1997 he was appointed director of Italia 1, a position he held for two years when he was re-appointed at the head of Canale 5.