Renzo Rosso & family
$4.21B
as of 10/04/24
About Renzo Rosso & family
Renzo Rosso owns denim powerhouse Diesel plus designer brands Maison Margiela, Viktor & Rolf and Marni through his Only the Brave holding company.
Rosso got his start at age 15, when he borrowed his mother's sewing machine and made his first piece of clothing: a pair of bell-bottoms.
He later joined denim guru Adriano Goldschmied at an Italian manufacturing company called Moltex, which he renamed Diesel in 1978.
Seven years later he bought out Goldschmied's stake and positioned Diesel as an upscale choice for denim.
His family's investment vehicle, Red Circle, owns stakes in everything from mobile app companies to eyewear manufacturers.
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Citizenship
ItalySource of wealth
FashionResidence
Bassano del Grappa, ItalyMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
09/15/55 (age 69)Number of children
7Self-made
self-madeRenzo Rosso & family’s fortune is worth
70K
troy ounces of gold
65K
median U.S. household
42K
median U.S. income
0.084%
U.S. credit card volume
0.017%
GDP of the United States
0.012%
United States debt
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Rosso picked the name "Diesel" for his company as a nod to the oil crises after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
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