(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 27 - The Prime Minister, MarioDraghi, expresses deep condolences for the death of Leonardo Del Vecchio, founder of the Luxottica Group and president of EssilorLuxottica.
"For over sixty years - reads a note - a leading player in Italian entrepreneurship, Del Vecchio has created one of the largest companies in the country starting from humble origins, from being welcomed at the Martinitt orphanage in Milan and from his experience as an apprentice and worker. Cavaliere dellavoro since 1986, he has always combined international openness with attention to society and the territory. Del Vecchio was a great Italian: he brought the Agordo community and the whole country to the center of the world of innovation. , the condolences of the whole Government and of mine "(ANSA).