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Del Vecchio donates 2.15 million EssilorLuxottica shares to Milleri
Italian news agency ANSA has reported that Leonardo Del Vecchio has left 2.15 million EssilorLuxottica shares, or 0.5 percent of the company’s capital, to his successor Francesco Milleri. At the group’s current stock price, the donation is worth about €340 million. The news was confirmed by an EssilorLuxottica spokesman, Bloomberg ...
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ArticleLeonardo Del Vecchio passes away at 87
Leonardo Del Vecchio, the founder of Luxottica and chairman of French-Italian group EssilorLuxottica, has passed away at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. He had been hospitalized with non-Covid-19 pneumonia a few weeks ago, Adnkronos has reported. A father of six, he was 87 years old.EssilorLuxottica said in a statement ...
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Biography of Leonardo Del Vecchio published in Italy
The Milanese publishing house Sperling & Kupfer, a division of the big Italian firm Mondadori, is publishing an unauthorized biography of Leonardo Del Vecchio, born in the 1930s, made ward of the state in 1942, and now chairman of industry giant EssilorLuxottica. Written by Tommaso Ebhardt, Blooomberg News’ Milan bureau ...
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ArticleDel Vecchio takes control of Essilux
As largely anticipated by industry observers, EssilorLuxottica ’s annual general assembly marked the end of the dual governance era and saw Leonardo Del Vecchio reinforce his control over the merged group. Implemented in 2018, the merger between two global champions in their respective segments of the ...
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ArticleEssilux names two new helmsmen
EssilorLuxottica announced a series of organizational changes at its helm following the desire of Hubert Sagnières , its executive vice chairman, to retire. The 65-year old French manager has given up his executive powers but remains as non-executive vice chairman of the group. In a simultaneous decision aimed at ...
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Del Vecchio plans to double stake in key Italian bank
Delfin , the Luxembourg-based holding company of Leonardo Del Vecchio , the founder of Luxottica , has filed with the Bank of Italy a request to increase its stake in the influential investment bank Mediobanca above 10 percent, with the objective of reaching 20 percent. Delfin ...
