Italy’s philosopher tycoon shapes landscape of his legacy

Brunello Cucinelli says he feels like the Roman emperor Hadrian: responsible for the beauty of the world. “It is like another emperor, Marcus Aurelius, said — live each day as if it was your last — but plan as if it was for eternity,” he tells AFP in an interview at Cucinelli headquarters in his native Umbria. Now 63, Cucinelli has long been celebrated for combining enlightened employment practices with commercial success.

Read more from the original source:
Italy’s philosopher tycoon shapes landscape of his legacy