Billionaire Ray-Ban heir eyes $33B takeover of family firm: report

Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio – the billionaire Ray-Ban heir known for his love of Ferraris and nightclubs – has reportedly launched a roughly $33 billion bid for the family’s holding company.The 31-year-old nightclub owner outlined his proposal for Luxembourg-based Delfin Sarl in a letter on Monday.The deal is backed by a nearly $25 billion loan from Citigroup, according to Bloomberg and Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra.Leonardo Maria – one of the heirs to the late EssilorLuxottica founder Leonard Del Vecchio – recently told The Post that his ex-fiancée, soap opera star Jessica Serfaty, told him she was pregnant but didn’t know whether he was the father.

The billionaire claimed he chartered private jets to fly Serfaty and a team of doctors for paternity tests, including one aboard his yacht, that ultimately indicated he wasn’t the father. The prodigal son also said on a podcast appearance with Italian rapper Fedez that he’s been addicted to drugs and slept with over 2,000 women. He is offering 3.7 billion euros, or about $4 billion, to buy out each of his seven co-owners in Delfin, including his five siblings, half-brother and mother, Corriere della Serra reported. It’s the latest development in the real-life “Succession” family feud to determine future control over the EssilorLuxottica eyewear fortune, which includes Oakley, LensCrafters and Ray-Ban, as well as stakes in banking and insurance firms like UniCredit and Monte dei Paschi di Siena.The firm’s publicly disclosed stakes are valued at roughly $50 billion, according to Bloomberg.Michal Strnad – a Czech arms tycoon worth an estimated $13.5 billion, according to Forbes – has also thrown his hat in the ring with a roughly $33 billion proposal to takeover the company.EssilorLuxottica did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.Leonardo Maria has emerged as his family’s most outspoken critic of EssilorLuxottica CEO Francesco Milleri, who he has blamed fo...