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Leonardo Del Vecchio

1935 - 2022

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Leonardo Del Vecchio (22 May 1935 – 27 June 2022) 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. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated at US$24.1 billion, the second richest person in Italy, and 54th in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonardo Del Vecchio is the 305th most popular businessperson (down from 280th in 2019), the 2,425th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,375th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Leonardo Del Vecchio ranks 305 out of 847. Before him are John C. Bogle, Katharine Graham, Daniel Peter, Lazare Ponticelli, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, and George Williams. After him are Larry Silverstein, Robert Nobel, Sergio Marchionne, Tadashi Yanai, Jawed Karim, and Arnon Milchan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Leonardo Del Vecchio ranks 166. Before him are Lando Buzzanca, Oleg Tabakov, Geoffrey Lewis, Kenneth Tsang, Esther Vilar, and Jack Charlton. After him are Vasily Livanov, Peter Schreier, Luboš Kohoutek, Gerd Albrecht, Cliff Jones, and M. Emmet Walsh. Among people deceased in 2022, Leonardo Del Vecchio ranks 171. Before him are Piet Schrijvers, Yi-Fu Tuan, Börje Salming, Paul Veyne, Nichelle Nichols, and Kenneth Tsang. After him are Toshi Ichiyanagi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Anatoly Filipchenko, Maryan Wisniewski, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, and Philip Baker Hall.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leonardo Del Vecchio ranks 2,425 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Bazzini (1818), Francesco Canova da Milano (1497), Adela of Flanders (1065), Frank Lentini (1889), Mauro Bolognini (1922), and Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555). After him are Claudia Marcella Major (-41), Joseph Bonanno (1905), Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria (1823), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Carlo Cignani (1628), and Romaine Brooks (1874).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Leonardo Del Vecchio ranks 21. Before him are Marcel Bich (1914), Aurelio Peccei (1908), Stefano Casiraghi (1960), Mino Raiola (1967), Francesco Baracca (1888), and Lazare Ponticelli (1897). After him are Sergio Marchionne (1952), Edoardo Agnelli (1892), Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Nino Cerruti (1930), Maurizio Arrivabene (1957), and Andrea Agnelli (1975).

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