From the poverty of social housing to the orphanage, from a shop in the suburbs to a factory in the Dolomites, to becoming number one.
With a fixed idea in mind: “be the best.” After first sifting through sources and documents, including the file at Martinitt college, and having spoken with admirers and detractors, collaborators, and competitors, and finally meeting the shy entrepreneur.
In this new book, Bloomberg’s Tommaso Ebhardt traces the rise of Leonardo Del Vecchio from an orphanage in Milan to a $30 billion fortune.