Luxottica Founder Leonardo Del Vecchio Dies Aged 87

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Luxottica Founder Leonardo Del Vecchio Dies Aged 87

Del Vecchio was the embodiment of the self-made man, building the giant eyewear company and becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Italy.


By LUISA ZARGANI
Bureau Chief, Milan

JUNE 27, 2022, 4:18AM



MILAN — Luxottica founder and chairman Leonardo Del Vecchio, who became chairman of EssilorLuxottica after the merger of the French and Italian groups, died Monday morning at age 87 at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. One of the wealthiest and most influential entrepreneurs in Italy, Del Vecchio was the embodiment of the self-made man ...

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. RIP dude but your company is a monopoly and is the reason glasses are so $$$ esp in the US

[Effete Snob]

2. How much money did he take with him?

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Good riddance. He ruined the eyewear market and drove prices through the roof.

EssilorLuxottica was striving to be a monopoly, and might have made if not for the Internet. Not that that's really a substitute for knowledgeable, local opticians, so many of whom have gone out of business.

https://www.thestreet.com/lifestyle/yes-you-re-overpaying-for-your-glasses-13902676

[Raster]

4. Good riddance. He tried to create a monopoly and is the man most responsible...

...for the prices of eyewear jumping so high.

Yeah, he was self-made... at the expense of others.

[Tomconroy]

5. His kid killed off Brooks Brothers.