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Guccio Gucci

1881 - 1953

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Guccio Giovanbattista Giacinto Dario Maria Gucci (26 March 1881 – 2 January 1953) was an Italian businessman and fashion designer and founder of the fashion house Gucci. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guccio Gucci is the 33rd most popular businessperson (up from 37th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Italy (up from 477th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Businessperson.

Guccio Gucci was an Italian businessman and founder of the Gucci fashion house. He was born in Florence in 1881 and died in 1953. He was the son of a Florentine craftsman who made leather goods, and he studied to be a shoemaker before moving to Rome to work for a shoemaker there. He then became an apprentice to a saddler. In 1920, he opened his own saddlery store in Florence, which he named after himself. In 1921, he added a line of leather goods.

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Among businesspeople, Guccio Gucci ranks 33 out of 847. Before him are Steve Ballmer, Lee Byung-chul, Amancio Ortega, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Ludwig Erhard, and P. T. Barnum. After him are Eddie Jordan, Margaret Hamilton, Linda McMahon, Jules Rimet, Colonel Sanders, and Muhammad Yunus.

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Among people born in 1881, Guccio Gucci ranks 18. Before him are Enver Pasha, William Boeing, Kliment Voroshilov, Walther von Brauchitsch, Hans Kelsen, and Clinton Davisson. After him are Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Hermann Staudinger, Ludwig von Mises, Hans Fischer, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Fernand Léger. Among people deceased in 1953, Guccio Gucci ranks 9. Before him are Lavrentiy Beria, Sergei Prokofiev, Ibn Saud, Edwin Hubble, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Robert Andrews Millikan. After him are Carol II of Romania, Klement Gottwald, Emmerich Kálmán, Eugene O'Neill, Django Reinhardt, and Ivan Bunin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Guccio Gucci ranks 468 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Stephen III (720), Pope John XIV (1000), Philolaus (-470), Roger II of Sicily (1095), Pope Marinus II (932), and Pontormo (1494). After him are Pope Benedict VI (900), Pope Stephen VI (850), Clara Petacci (1912), Monica Bellucci (1964), Jacopo Peri (1561), and Simone Martini (1284).

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Among businesspeople born in Italy, Guccio Gucci ranks 3. Before him are Cosimo de' Medici (1389), and Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916). After him are Ettore Bugatti (1881), Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Flavio Briatore (1950), Piero Ferrari (1945), Massimo Moratti (1945), Michele Ferrero (1925), Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (1421), Adriano Galliani (1944), and Vincenzo Lancia (1881).

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