Leonardo Del Vecchio

Summary

Tommaso Ebhardt follows Leonardo Del Vecchio from childhood poverty and the Martinitt institution in Milan to his work as a craftsman and the creation of Luxottica. The biography links a personal life to the growth of a workshop into an eyewear business. Ebhardt used documents, including the Martinitt file, and conversations with colleagues, rivals, admirers and critics, and met Del Vecchio himself. The publisher group describes the book as an unofficial biography. This record is the Italian Sperling & Kupfer edition published in 2022; no English translation is established.

• SourceLeonardo Del Vecchio — publisher or primary record · 31 May 2022 event title credits author and Sperling & Kupfer; descriptive paragraph on childhood, workshop, research and unofficial status; cover link explicitly identifies 9788820072124.Checked 2026-10-29
• SourceRadio Radicale — original interview with Tommaso Ebhardt · 19 May 2022 interview title and recording description: author discusses his Leonardo Del Vecchio biography; Italian recording, 15 minutes 42 seconds.Checked 2026-10-29

Why read it Our view

Use the biography to study the steps between skilled contract work and building a company that makes and sells its own products. Its account places Del Vecchio’s development beside that of Luxottica. It is a biographer’s account, rather than a management book by Del Vecchio or his reading recommendation.