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I loved the book about Leonardo Delvecchio, the founder of Luxottica (the biggest sunglasses manufacturer in the world, owner of Rayban/Oakley/etc.)

He became an orphan at age 9.

Started working in factories at 14.

Started working in glasses factories at 16.

He built his own first at 27. Grew it from 0 to 6,000 employees.

Died while still being the CEO of the company aged 86 years old.

One of the best stories of perseverance, and doing hard things from nothing I've ever witnessed!