The family of Leonardo Del Vecchio, the founder of Luxottica and the architect of the Ray-Ban empire, is at war over the fortune he left behind.
Delfin controls more than thirty percent of EssilorLuxottica, which means the family’s internal disagreements are a matter of corporate governance as much as inheritance.
At stake is a holding worth roughly $46 billion in EssilorLuxottica, the eyewear giant that controls Ray-Ban, Oakley and much of the optical retail that sells them.
Boards and minority shareholders will be watching how the family resolves its differences — the world’s largest eyewear group does not need a governance vacuum at its summit.
For EssilorLuxottica itself, the feud adds noise to an otherwise stable story of dominance in eyewear, just as the group fields questions about succession and growth.
