Essilux, two thousand in Agordo to remember the founder Leonardo Del Vecchio-Corriere.it

This is a special day for me and for you. We are here to remember and give thanks. She really made us feel special. He has given us a role in this world, he has welcomed us into his big family. She taught me and thousands of us values ​​that we will never forget. He taught me to always be grateful, to always be generous. It’s not always easy to follow the principles he taught us. But there is the effort to actually do it every day. He was really appreciative, to all of us. Francesco Milleri, number one of EssilorLuxottica and president of Delfin, used these words to remember Leonardo Del Vecchio at the celebration in Agordo (Belluno) one year after his death. In front of an audience of two thousand people, including employees and the population of the Belluno eyewear district. And naturallythe family with the widow, Nicoletta Zampillo, the children Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio and Rocco Basilico. Also present was Claudio Del Vecchio with his son Matteo, Marisa and Paola Del Vecchio with their mother Luciana Nervo and the younger ones Luca and Clemente Del Vecchio, born from the union between Leonardo Del Vecchio and Sabina Grossi.

The 200,000 men and women who are part of the group

The function was in fact opened by a memoir from Milleri with the Knight Luigi Francavilla who participated with all the company’s management. The main mayors of the Agordino area and the president of the Province of Belluno, Roberto Pardin, spoke for the authorities. When he spoke of Agordo, the factory, of the people who live and work here, with a thought extended to all the 200,000 men and women who are part of the group, he had a deep sense of gratitude. He has tried at all times to be generous, in every way. Sure, with the economic component, but above all with all the time he dedicated to us and to this large group, said Milleri. Which he continued on the thread of memories: he was an extremely generous person. He has always thought of this large family as something that had to be protected, defended, increased. He was a man who gave everything to make what he believed in great. Thank Leonardo for everything he has done for me, for everything he has given me in 10 years of attention and teachings. But I’m also here to thank you all. This void he left I think is impossible to fill. He was a big part of my life and I think he was for all of you. Yet now that he’s gone, the memory of him still enriches our lives. I see it in everything I do, added Milleri who in the last five years — those that saw the birth of the giant EssilorLuxottica — has led the group in tandem in its global challenges.

The bond with the employees

I ask him what I have to do, recalled the CEO -. And it is often easy to decide, because he has left us some simple principles. Be generous; look at everyone’s well-being, create ordinary communities, never think in personal terms. And he did it all his life. You are very important to me today, to the group, to the whole big family. I don’t think I would have made it without you, without the people who have been close to him and who have made me and everyone feel their closeness. This is a thank you that comes from the heart. Today you are many. Many others are remembering him with a minute of silence, in the world. An incredible number of people, who remind me not only of what he created but also how he created it. I don’t know if there are other entrepreneurs or other people around them they created this feeling of love, respect, admiration. And I think his key to that success is that he truly loved us all. That he was grateful. To each of you who is giving your life, and who are spending each day at his work building something he was grateful for. And sometimes it was difficult to explain to him that maybe we owed it, it was me. And looking into his eyes you understood that he was sincere. This was what I have in Leonardo’s heart, of the person, what I want to share with you. I think it will be something that will stay in our hearts forever. The bond he created between all of us will truly be the strength to carry on. Thank you