Meet 19-Year-Old Clemente Del Vecchio, World's Youngest Billionaire

https://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-clemente-del-vecchio-worlds-youngest-billionaire-4607046

These articles feel like they're just rubbing it in at this point lol.

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oDDmON@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y (2 replies)

TL;DR? He inherited his bux.

Clemente's father, Italian billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio, former chairman of EssilorLuxottica, the world's largest eyeglasses firm, passed away at 87 in June last year. His substantial $25.5 billion fortune was inherited by his wife and six children, including Clemente- who became the world's youngest billionaire in 2022.

AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Lets stop just for a moment. This Clemente person is 19. His dad is 87... that means his dad made a child at 68 💀

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I hope he chokes on it.

jeena@jemmy.jeena.net · 4 pts · 2y

His dad had him when he was basically 70 years old. It can't be fun having a dad who is older than most grandfathers. But yeah I guess the money makes up for it for the rest of his life.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Why am I not surprised that he didn't do a single thing to earn that money?

EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Because you cant earn that much money no matter who you are, without taking advantage of others and crushing them.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

He didn't even have to do that. He didn't lift a finger. He just waited for his father to die.

EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Oh i saw, but even his family did nothing to actually earn it. Its just not morally doable.

radioactiveradio@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Being born into the right family isn't easy.

comador@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Birth Lottery.

Dude didn't do anything to make it.