Paul Baccaglini

Baccaglini is an eccentric personality, known for his career in television. In 2017, he made news by attempting to acquire the Palermo soccer club from former owner Maurizio Zamparini; the takeover, originally agreed in March 2017, was called off by June of the same year before being finalized.

Baccaglini negotiated the purchase of U.S. Città di Palermo in secret for more than one year before finally coming to terms with former owner Maurizio Zamparini in March 2017. As part of the agreement, he was named as club chairman until the takeover was not finalized. In his initial press conference, he declared that his goal was to bring Palermo to be one of the best teams in Serie A, and to compete in the UEFA Champions League. Despite his initial enthusiasm for the potential takeover, Palermo's win-loss record did not improve enough to prevent the club from relegating to Serie B for the 2017-18 season.

On 4 July 2017, Baccaglini resigned as Palermo chairman, falling back into the hands of Zamparini, after the necessary funds were not in place.

After graduating from high school, Baccaglini later moved to his mother's native Italy to pursue a career in Basketball. Baccaglini played two years with the Serie C Gold Unione Basket Padova basketball club from 2002 to 2003, concluding his brief career with the Solesino basketball club.