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Italian businesses 意大利企业 Keeping it in the family 把企业控制权留在家族中 Patriarchs are reluctant to cede control of thecompanies they built 创始人都不愿放弃操控他们创立的公司 RAISED in an orphanage, Leonardo Del Vecchiostarted selling spectacles in Belluno in northernItalyin 1967. Today his company, Luxottica,owns Ray-Ban and Oakley, the two biggest brands of sunglasses, and has annual sales of 7.3billion Aged 79, Mr Del Vecchio isItaly s second-richest man. He stepped back from managementa decade ago. But on September 1st he abruptly stepped back in. Andrea Guerra, Luxottica sboss, has left. Mr Del Vecchio will head the triumvirate that will replace him. 在孤儿院长大的莱昂纳多.德尔.维奇奥在1967年开始在意大利北部的Belluno售卖眼镜。而今其公司Luxottica拥有雷朋和奥克利两大太阳镜品牌，年销售额为73亿欧元。而现79岁的德尔.维奇奥先生是意大利第二大富豪。十年前他退出了管理层。但是9月1日他又重装上阵。Luxottica 公司的老板Andrea Guerra已卸任。德尔.维奇奥先生将取代他的位置统领这一巨头。 This is an unusual solution to a problem that faces many Italian firms: ageing patriarchs whoare reluctant to bow out or even to plan for the day when they eventually must. Until Mr DelVecchio s comeback, there had seemed to be somewhat of a trend for founders and their heirsto hand management to professionals. In 2006 Salvatore Ferragamo, an upmarket shoemaker,hired Michele Norsa to succeed Feruccio Ferragamo, the founder s son. Sergio Marchionne, theboss of Fiat Chrysler, does not belong to the carmaker s founding family, the Agnellis. Mr DelVecchio had won praise for picking Mr Guerra over his relatives to run Luxottica. | 
