Leonardo Del Vecchio
Leonardo Del Vecchio (22 May 1935 – 27 June 2022) was an Italian billionaire businessman. He was the founder and chairman of Luxottica,[1] the world's largest producer and retailer of glasses and lenses.[2]
Leonardo Del Vecchio | |
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| Born | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "may".Expression error: Unrecognized word "may". Milan, Italy |
| Died | 27 June 2022 (aged 87) Milan, Italy |
| Citizenship | Italian |
| Occupation | Founder and chairman of Luxottica |
| Known for | Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Ray-Ban, Oakley |
| Children | 6, including Claudio Del Vecchio |
In January 2020, Del Vecchio had a net worth of $25.8 billion, which made him the richest man in Italy, and the 50th richest in the world.[3]
Del Vecchio died on 27 June 2022 in Milan, Italy from pneumonia at the age of 87.[4]
References
- ↑ (in en-US) From Laurene Powell Jobs to Leonardo del Vecchio, opportunity knocks for the world's richest people | The National. http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/from-laurene-powell-jobs-to-leonardo-del-vecchio-opportunity-knocks-for-the-worlds-richest-people. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ "Luxottica Group on the Forbes World's Most Innovative Companies List". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ↑ "The World's Billionaires, 2017 Rankings". Forbes. 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ↑ È morto Leonardo Del Vecchio, il fondatore di Luxottica aveva 87 anni (in Italian)