The Angelini family, whose private industrial group spans pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, wine and manufacturing technology. The Angelini family built one of Italy’s most diversified private industrial groups from pharmaceutical origins in the Marche. Healthcare remained central, but the dynasty expanded into consumer goods, wine, machinery and investments. This portfolio makes Angelini a particularly revealing example of family capitalism: the owners are no longer managing

The Recordati family, whose century-long pharmaceutical legacy transformed a Correggio pharmacy tradition into a global specialty and rare-disease group. The Recordati family created one of Italy’s most durable pharmaceutical institutions from roots in a small pharmacy in Correggio. Founded industrially in 1926, the company passed through several generations, moved to Milan, listed on the stock exchange, internationalized and entered rare diseases. In 2018 the family sold con

The Aleotti family, controlling shareholders of Menarini, one of Italy’s largest privately held pharmaceutical groups. The Aleotti family controls Menarini, one of Italy’s largest privately held pharmaceutical groups and one of Florence’s most important international industrial companies. The modern dynasty was shaped above all by Alberto Aleotti, who transformed a historic pharmaceutical business into a multinational organization. Later generations expanded research, oncolog