Leonardo Del Vecchio was an Italian millionaire businessman who founded and led Luxottica, the world’s biggest maker and retailer of spectacles and frames, with 77,734 workers and over 8,000 locations.
Leonardo Del Vecchio was born in Milan, Italy in 1935 to a poor family from Barletta, Southern Italy.
He was 87.
Leonardo Del Vecchio cause of death
He died from natural causes.
He began his career in Milan as an apprentice to a tool and die manufacturer before opting to employ his metalworking skills to build spectacle pieces.
In 1961, he moved to Agordo in the province of Belluno, which is home to the majority of the Italian eyeglass industry.
Leonardo Del Vecchio wife and children
Del Vecchio was a married man with six children who resided in Milan.
With his first wife, he had one son, Claudio Del Vecchio, and two daughters, Marisa and Paola. He had another son, Leonardo Maria, with his second wife, and two boys, Luca and Clemente, with his third wife. In 2010, he wedded his second wife.
Leonardo Del Vecchio net worth
He was worth 6 million dollars
Leonardo Del Vecchio funeral
His funeral will be held soon.
