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Del Vecchio, Leonardo

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Personal name headingDel Vecchio, Leonardo
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Variant(s)Vecchio, Leonardo del
Birth date1935-05-22
Death date2022-06-27
Place of birthMilan (Italy)
Place of deathMilan (Italy)
Field of activityEyeglass industry
AffiliationLuxottica (Firm)
Profession or occupationBusinesspeople
Found inBrunetti, Giorgio. Del Vecchio e Luxottica, 2000: t.p. (Leonardo del Vecchio) p. [4] of cover (fondatore e presidente di Luxottica)
Washington post WWW site, viewed June 29, 2022 (in obituary dated June 27, 2022: Leonardo Del Vecchio, an Italian entrepreneur who grew up in an orphanage and went on to amass a multibillion-dollar fortune as founder and chairman of Luxottica, one of the largest manufacturers of eyeglasses in the world, died June 27 in Milan. He was 87. Mr. Del Vecchio was born May 22, 1935, in Milan)