"It's amazing to me how across the last three episodes, you had world-class founders, founders that build the leading companies in their industries and they all share the same obsession and that is inv..."

"age of 14. At 25, Delvecio opened a workshop in a tiny village in the Dolomite Mountains that was giving away free land to companies that were willing to move there. Delveio built a factory to make pa..."

"were the lens crafter stores which he wanted in the first place, which he then proceeded to fill with Lxodica frames. That is exactly the formula they have used ever since, said Jeff Cole, the former ..."

"in every optometrist in the world. Lenses are the pixie dust of the optical business. Barely anyone knows what they are made of or how they are constructed. For the last half century, persuading optic..."

"similar to Oakley's colored shades. Oakley sued. The case was settled out of court and Lxodica bought Oakley for $2.1 billion. By that time, Delveio appeared ready to retire. In the summer of 2004, as..."

"happens. Can you imagine thinking that your mother abandoned you when you were seven? This is how Delvecio describes his childhood. We were a poor family. My mother was a widow. I grew up without a fa..."

"non-negotiable for him. And the second thing he realizes is that he's got a lot more drive and passion than other people around him. He said, "I've always thought of myself as privileged for the passi..."

"eyeglass temples, they were not so much interested in the product's price as in the quality and in the fact that the molds were made to perfection. And this is how the book describes this turning poin..."

"other side of the river. I would always find the light on before dawn. I would tell my brother who also worked in the factory, "Wake up. The boss is already there." In 1961, Delveio invests 500,000 LR..."

"the factory 35 million LAR. And so Dvcia goes to him, explains what's going on. He's like, "I will die if I need this money now. If you don't pay me, I can't pay my employees and then therefore you do..."

"vertical integration. He's obsessed with controlling everything. He is not satisfied with a slice of the market. He wants everything. And he has a bunch of very simple ideas that he builds his career ..."

"do. And the wholesalers see this immediately. There's a great line about this. When he left for the Milan fair, he was still full of doubts and fears. When he comes back, he's full of orders. By the t..."

"extracted. And so we're going to get into how he breaks into retail. But there's another thing that reappears throughout his entire career. He wants high barriers to entry. He does not want competitio..."

"you ignore everything else in shoe and US shoe corporation lens crafter is actually highly profitable they're throwing off a ton of cash flow we're just going to take that cash flow to service the acq..."

"They're the same person in the sense that they're they're going to dominate their industry. They're completely obsessed. They think about it all the time. So, he steps just what just just same thing w..."

"have reached a 50 billion euro merger agreement the world's largest lens manufacturer is tying the knot with its absolute leader in frames and eyeear sales that makes sense right But everybody thought..."

"On his desk is a plaque with the phrase engraved "Simplicity transparency clarity, humility." Also on his desk is another plaque with the words, "Every euro saved is an extra euro in profit." He said,..."