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The Florio family was a prominent entrepreneurial Italian family who started many lucrative activities in Sicily involving the export of Sicilian products in the 19th century, in some ways redeeming S
Vincenzo Florio (1799–1868), the founder of the family business
Symbol of the Florio family companies - a lion drinking from the spring
The Tonnara di Favignana (1876), by Antonio Varni
Navigazione Generale Italiana logo (1927)
Vincenzo Florio Sr.
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Vincenzo Florio Sr. was an Italian entrepreneur and politician, member of the rich Florio economic dynasty, one of the wealthiest Sicilian families during the late 19th century.
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…Vincenzo and his uncle tripled in the decade between 1807 and 1817. The childless Ignazio died in 1829 and left all his assets to Paolo's son, his nephew Vincenzo Florio Sr. (1799-1868). Vincenzo Florio Sr. immediately set a much faster pace in the family business, considerably expanding the scope of his activities well…
Vincenzo Florio with his wife, Giulia Portalupi, and his son, Ignazio Florio, with his wife, Giovanna D’Ondes Trigona