What is Leonardo Del Vecchio?
{{Infobox person | name = Leonardo Del Vecchio | image = | caption = Leonardo Del Vecchio in 2011 | birth_date = {{birth-date|22 May 1935}} | birth_place = [[Milan]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|27|1935|5|22|df=y}} | death_place = Milan, Italy | citizenship = Italian | education = | occupation = Founder and chairman of [[Luxottica]] | known_for = [[Sunglass Hut]], [[LensCrafters]], [[Ray-Ban]], [[Oakley, Inc.|Oakley]] | boards = | spouse = | children = 6, including [[Claudio Del Vecchio]] | website = }} '''Leonardo Del Vecchio''' (22 May 1935 &ndash; 27 June 2022) was an Italian [[billionaire]] businessman. He was the founder and chairman of [[Luxottica]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/from-laurene-powell-jobs-to-leonardo-del-vecchio-opportunity-knocks-for-the-worlds-richest-people|title=From Laurene Powell Jobs to Leonardo del Vecchio, opportunity knocks for the world's richest people {{!}} The National|access-date=2017-05-25|language=en-US}}</ref> the world's largest producer and retailer of glasses and lenses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/luxottica-group/|title=Luxottica Group on the Forbes World's Most Innovative Companies List|website=Forbes|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> In January 2020, Del Vecchio had a net worth of $25.8 billion, which made him the richest man in Italy, and the 50th richest in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/14/#version:static |title=The World's Billionaires, 2017 Rankings |year=2017 |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> Del Vecchio died on 27 June 2022 in [[Milan]], [[Italy]] from [[pneumonia]] at the age of 87.<ref>[https://www.corriere.it/economia/consumi/22_giugno_27/leonardo-del-vecchio-morto-luxottica-1d80e77c-f5e2-11ec-8350-fcb93af951e7.shtml È morto Leonardo Del Vecchio, il fondatore di Luxottica aveva 87 anni] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Del Vecchio,