Raised in an orphanage, Leonardo Del Vecchio started selling spectacles in Belluno in northern Italy in 1967. Today his company, Luxottica, owns Ray-Ban and Oakley, the two biggest brands of sunglasses, and has annual sales of €7.3 billion ($9.6 billion). Aged 79, Mr Del Vecchio (pictured, right) is Italy's second-richest man. He stepped back from management a decade ago. But on September 1st he abruptly stepped back in. Andrea Guerra, Luxottica's boss, has left. Mr Del Vecchio will head the triumvirate that will replace him. This is an unusual solution to a problem that faces many Italian firms: ageing patriarchs who are reluctant to bow out or even to plan for the day when they eventually must. Until Mr Del Vecchio's comeback, there had seemed to be somewhat of a trend for founders and their heirs to hand management to professionals. In 2006 Salvatore Ferragamo, an upmarket shoemaker, hired Michele Norsa to succeed Feruccio Ferragamo, the founder's son. Sergio Marchionne, the boss of Fiat Chrysler, does not belong to the carmaker's founding family, the Agnellis. Mr Del Vecchio had won praise for picking Mr Guerra over his relatives to run Luxottica.
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机译：列奥纳多·德尔·韦基奥（Leonardo Del Vecchio）在一家孤儿院中长大，1967年开始在意大利北部的贝卢诺销售眼镜。如今，他的公司Luxottica拥有雷朋和奥克利这两个最大的太阳镜品牌，年销售额达73亿欧元（96亿美元） ）。现年79岁的德尔·维基奥先生（右图）是意大利第二大富翁。十年前，他退出了管理层。但是在9月1日，他突然退居。Luxottica的老板Andrea Guerra离开了。 Del Vecchio先生将领导将取代他的三位一体的领导人。对于许多意大利公司来说，这是一个不寻常的解决方案：老龄化的族长不愿屈服，甚至不愿为最终的日子做计划。直到德尔·韦基奥先生卷土重来之前，对于创始人及其继承人而言，将管理权交给专业人士似乎有某种趋势。 2006年，高档鞋匠萨尔瓦多·菲拉格慕（Salvatore Ferragamo）聘用了米歇尔·诺尔萨（Michele Norsa）来继承创始人的儿子费鲁吉奥·菲拉格慕（Feruccio Ferragamo）。菲亚特·克莱斯勒（Fiat Chrysler）的老板塞尔吉奥·马尔基奥内（Sergio Marchionne）不属于汽车制造商的创始人阿涅利斯（Agnellis）。 Del Vecchio先生因选拔Guerra先生为其亲戚经营Luxottica而赢得赞誉。
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