Leonardo Del Vecchio (1935-2022) *87

Leonardo Del Vecchio was an Italian billionaire businessman, the founder and chairman of Luxottica, the world's largest producer and retailer of glasses and frames, with 777,734 employees and over 8,000 stores. As of 27 June 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$24.1 billion, the second richest person in Italy, and 54th in the world. Leonardo Del Vecchio was born on 22 May 1935 in Milan, Italy to an impoverished family from Barletta, Southern Italy. His father was a street peddler of vegetables who died before his birth and his mother who already had four other children; he grew up in an orphanage. He began his career as an apprentice to a tool and die maker in Milan, but decided to turn his metalworking skills to make spectacle parts. In 1961, he moved to Agordo in the province of Belluno, which is home to most of the Italian eyewear industry. The new company was Luxottica s.a.s., a limited partnership.

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