Portrait of Diego Della Valle

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Diego Della Valle

Net worth $1.7B

Shoes · Italy

Born
Dec 30, 1953
Age
72
Source
Shoes
Residence
Sant'' Elpidio A Mare
Citizenship
Italy
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Diego Della Valle took the small shoe factory his grandfather started and turned it into global shoe- and purse-maker Tod's S.p.A.
  • Della Valle, who is chairman, and his brother Andrea together own the majority of the company.
  • In 2024, the brothers teamed up with private equity firm L Catterton and LVMH to take Tod's private at a $1.5 billion valuation.
  • The brothers also hold stakes in Italian scooter-maker Piaggio and multimedia conglomerate RCS MediaGroup.
  • The brothers owned Florence-based soccer team AC Fiorentina from 2002 to 2019, when they sold it to fellow billionaire Rocco Commisso.
  • He cofounded Italy's first private rail operator, Ntv-Italo, in 2006 and sold it 12 years later to an American investment firm for $2.2 billion.
  • He has spearheaded a campaign to renovate the crumbling Roman Colosseum, committing millions of euros from Tod's for the project.
  • In 2017, Della Valle opened a new factory in the central Italian town of Arquata del Tronto as part of recovery efforts after a devastating 2016 earthquake.

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