2021 Revenues ($USD) : $16,449,060,000
2021 Revenues (foreign currencies) : € 14,429,000,000
2021 R&D spend : $327,180,000
2021 Number of Employees : 180,000
Fiscal Year End : 12/31/2020
Key People : Leonardo Del Vecchio, chairperson; Francesco Milleri, CEO; Paul du Saillant, deputy CEO.

About the company: The Franco-Italian eyeglasses giant in July announced the creation of a dedicated innovation center within the company’s industrial facility in Dijon, France. The goal is to accelerate initiatives to address consumers’ evolving needs and fully capture the potential of the fast-growing wearables segment. The ​​Smart Eyewear Technologies Center will coordinate with R&D and industrialization sites in Toulouse and Créteil, France and collaborate with R&D teams in Agordo, Italy. “On the back of a decade of research and development around smart eyewear, we are accelerating our investments and reinforcing our capacity to bring digital technology into eyewear, in the service of good vision,” CEO Francesco Milleri and Deputy CEO Paul du Saillant said at the time. –CN