Maddalena Marignetti is the wife of Gianni Letta. The couple has two children named Giampaolo Letta and Marina Letta.
Gianni Letta is an Italian journalist and politician. He is a close advisor of Silvio Berlusconi and a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International. After graduating in law, he started working as a journalist for several daily newspapers, as well as RAI and ANSA.
He was editor-in-law of Il Tempo from 1973 to 1987; that year, he left the newspaper in order to enter into the Fininvest group owned by Silvio Berlusconi. He hosted a number of TV programmes, especially on Canale 5.
On 18 June 2007, Letta was made a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International, assigned by the bank to “provide strategic consulting on growth opportunities, with a special focus on Italy.
He received the America Award from the Italy-USA Foundation in 2014. As of September 2020, he is a member of the Italian Aspen Institute.