Rank #2256
Mario Moretti Polegato & family
Net worth $1.8B
Shoes · Italy
- Born
- Aug 16, 1952
- Age
- 73
- Source
- Shoes
- Residence
- Crocetta del Montello
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 1
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Mario Moretti Polegato founded his comfort-focused shoe brand Geox in 1995 with his patented "breathable shoe technology."
- Polegato worked at his family's wine business where he got itchy feet, but it was a hot trip to Nevada that inspired him to slice holes in his shoes.
- He took his technology to Nike and other footwear giants, who were uninterested; he started his own company instead.
- He took Geox public in 2004 while also running the family wine label, Villa Sandi.
- Polegato was named a Knight of the National Order of Romania in 2000, and was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro, one of Italy's highest civilian honors, in 2005.
- He developed his breathable shoe prototype in the mid-1990s with researchers at the University of Padua, a university established in 1222.
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