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Leonardo Del Vecchio framed his own success with Luxottica

From the small factory he founded in 1961 near Venice, Leonardo Del Vecchio created an eyeglasses empire, and at 81 is invading the corrective lenses market by merging his Luxottica firm with Essilor. The merger story is the latest chapter in Del Vecchio's rags-to-riches story. Born in 1935 in Milan, Del Vecchio was sent to an orphanage at a...