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An eye for an eye: EssilorLuxottica heirs' battle
The death in 2022 of businessman Leonardo Del Vecchio, founder of the eyewear manufacturer Luxottica, now EssilorLuxottica, sparked a full-blown battle between his widow and his six children. For the past four years, this ongoing conflict has been rocking the luxury eyewear leader and hampering the clan's investment ambitions.