About Leonardo Del Vecchio & family
Vision visionary Leonardo Del Vecchio founded eyewear giant Luxottica in 1961, at the age 25.
Over the years, Luxottica acquired Sunglass Hut, Ray-Ban and Oakley and grew to make glasses for virtually every brand, including Bulgari and Chanel.
In 2018 Luxottica merged with French lens maker Essilor, creating the world's largest producer and retailer of sunglasses and prescription glasses.
Del Vecchio was sent to an orphanage at age 7 because his widowed mother could not afford to support her 5 children.
He began apprenticing at a car and eyewear parts factory at age 14 to put himself through design school before striking out on his own a decade later.
Personal stats
Citizenship
ItalySource of wealth
eyeglassesBirth date
05/22/35Number of children
6Self-made
self-madeLeonardo Del Vecchio & family’s fortune is worth
418K
troy ounces of gold
385K
median U.S. household
251K
median U.S. income
0.501%
U.S. credit card volume
0.1%
GDP of the United States
0.074%
United States debt
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His son Claudio owned storied men's retailer Brooks Brothers until it filed for bankruptcy in July 2020 and was sold to a group backed by Simon Property Group.
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Financial assets
MILAN | G-IT
Assicurazioni GeneraliMILAN | AVIO-IT
Avio SpAEURONEXT PARIS | EL-FR
EssilorLuxottica SAMILAN | FILA-IT
FILA SPAEURONEXT PARIS | COV-FR
Fonciere des RegionsMILAN | GCL-IT
Guala ClosuresMILAN | MB-IT
Mediobanca Banca di Credito FinanziaMILAN | UCG-IT
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