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Leonardo Del Vecchio
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Leonardo Del Vecchio

Entrepreneur · Luxottica · born May 22, 1935 · died 2022

$19.8Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

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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 77,734 employees and over 8,000 stores.

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  1. ~26Founded Luxottica1961

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2019$19.8BForbes · current

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