In the history of enterprise, Vittorio Merloni is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Vittorio Merloni as Italian businessman (1933–2016).
Vittorio Merloni was born at Fabriano in 1933. His recorded nationality is Italy. He was educated at University of Perugia.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as entrepreneur and businessperson.
Business reputations are unusually sensitive to the decade in which they were made.
Recognition followed: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of Merit for Labour and Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
That the business was built from Italy shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Vittorio Merloni died in 2016, aged 83. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Order of Merit for Labour
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Educated at University of Perugia
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