Bernardo Caprotti

{{short description|Italian businessman}}

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| birth_date = 7 October 1925

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| death_date = 30 September 2016

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| nationality = Italian

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| occupation = owner of Esselunga

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| spouse = Giuliana Albera

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Bernardo Caprotti (7 October 1925 – 30 September 2016) was an Italian billionaire businessman, the owner of Esselunga, Italy's third-largest grocery store chain.{{cite web|title=The World's Billionaires: Bernardo Caprotti|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bernardo-caprotti/|website=Forbes|accessdate=23 January 2017}}

In his will, he left 66.7% of Esselunga to his second wife Giuliana Albera and their daughter Marina Sylvia, now executive of Esselunga, Princess Moncada by marriage, and 16.7% to each of his children from his first marriage, his son Giuseppe Caprotti and his daughter Violetta.{{cite web|url=http://www.italianfood.net/blog/2016/10/11/esselunga-disputed-legacy-italian-supermarket-chain-giant/ |title=Esselunga, the disputed legacy of the Italian retail giant |website=ItalianFood.net |date=2016-10-11 |accessdate=2017-01-23}}

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Category:1925 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:Italian billionaires

Category:Italian businesspeople