Emilio Lavazza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian businessman
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Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
About Emilio Lavazza
- Emilio Lavazza (1932–2010) was an Italian businessman.
- Known as, "Mr.
- Espresso," he shaped the way many Italians drink their coffee and dedicated half of his lifetime to provide quality coffee globally.
- Lavazza served as the Chief and President of the Lavazza company.
- He served as President of Lavazza from 1979 until 2008.Throughout his lifetime, he had received much recognition such as, Honorary President prior to retiring his position in the Lavazza company.
- In 2010, Lavazza died due to a severe heart attack in Turin, Italy.
- The Lavazza company, today, is the sixth biggest coffee roaster with mustering over $1.1billion euros in sales.
- The company sells coffee in more than 90 countries after Emilio's reign as head of Lavazza.
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