Leonardo Del Vecchio

Leonardo Del Vecchio (born 22 May 1935 in Milan, Italy) is the founder and chairman of Luxottica, a $3 billion (sales) designer and manufacturer of high-quality eyeglass frames. The firm owns the Sunglass Hut and Lenscrafters chains with a total of over 6000 stores. According to Forbes magazine, he is the second richest man in Italy (after Michele Ferrero) with a net worth of US$11 billion dollars, making him 71st in the world rankings as of March 2011. He was born in Milan, Italy in 1935 as a child of an impoverished family. His father died five months prior to his birth. He was given to an orphanage by his mother due to the reason that his mother was unable to support him financially. He began his career as the apprentice to a tool...