The Latest Breaking News from EssilorLuxottica

Leonardo Del Vecchio, the chairman of spectacles maker EssilorLuxottica and one of Italy's wealthiest business figures, has died aged 87.

Businessman Leonardo del Vecchio, who has died aged 87, created the glasses company that owns brands including Ray-Ban and used his billions to become one of the most influential figures in Italian finance.

Italy's Leonardo Del Vecchio, who rose from childhood poverty to build the eyewear empire that owns brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley, has died at the age of 87, his company said on Monday.

The CEO took to Milan to show off Meta's future AR glasses controller to the executives of Italian eyeglasses brand EssilorLuxottica.

Meta Platforms Inc's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday teased a new smart glasses project with EssilorLuxottica, posting a photo of the eyewear company's chairman sporting a prototype of a neural interface wristband - designed for directing other devices. "Here Leonardo is using a prototype of our neural interface EMG…

French-Italian eyewear group EssilorLuxottica SA reported a sharp rise in first-quarter revenue on Friday, helped by strong performance across most regions. The maker of Oakley and Ray-Ban sunglasses reported revenue of 5.61 billion euros ($6.09 billion) for the first three months of the year, up 38.1% from a year earlier…