Pier Luigi Loro Piana
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| birth_place = Milan, Italy
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Pier Luigi Loro Piana (born December 1951){{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/eyebY0W2bRGYbqLSl_NPqeaF650/appointments |title=Pier Luigi LORO PIANA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |publisher=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-03-30}} is an Italian billionaire businessman.{{cite web|title=The World's Billionaires: Pier Luigi Loro Piana|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/pier-luigi-loro-piana/|website=Forbes|accessdate=23 January 2017}}
Early life
He was born in Milan, Italy, the son of Franco Loro Piana. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Bocconi University in Milan.
Career
In 2013, Pier Luigi Loro Piana and his late brother Sergio sold an 80% stake in the Loro Piana fashion company to the French billionaire Bernard Arnault's LVMH for US$2.6 billion. Pier Luigi owns an estimated 10% stake in the Loro Piana company.
Personal life
He is married with three children, and lives in Milan, Italy.
He hosts the annual Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, and had a 130-foot yacht, My Song, which was the fourth incarnation of this boat.{{cite web|url=http://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/owners-experiences/on-board-with-serial-sailing-yacht-owner-pier-luigi-loro-piana--30697 |title=Interview with sailing superyacht owner Pier Luigi Loro Piana |publisher=Boat International |date=2016-06-23 |accessdate=2017-03-30}} My Song was lost in a shipping accident while en route from the Caribbean to the Balearic Islands in late May 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/my-song-cargo-fall|title=40m regatta star My Song lost at sea during cargo transportation|author=|date=|website=www.superyachttimes.com|accessdate=27 May 2019}} According to information collected in a luxurious hotel in Positano (that he visits since 2006),{{Cite web|url=https://www.positanonews.it/2006/05/positano-loro-piana-al-san-pietro/82795/|title = Positano Loro Piana al San Pietro|date = 25 May 2006}} he replaced his superyacht with a Maxi Dolphin 51 ft.
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