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Aldo Gucci (26 May 1905 – 19 January 1990) was an Italian personality and the chairman of Gucci from 1953 to 1986. He was the eldest biological son of Guccio Gucci, who founded the company bearing the family name in 1921.
Aldo Gucci (Al Pacino) The oldest son of company founder Guccio Gucci, it was Aldo Gucci who oversaw the brand‘s rise to international heights, becoming a status symbol of wealth and luxury.
The familial strife during this time was ugly and in the public eye: Aldo served a year in prison for tax evasion and Maurizio fled to Switzerland after being accused of forging his...
The film follows Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) and Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), as their romance transforms into a fight for control of the Italian fashion brand Gucci. Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Jack Huston, Salma Hayek, and Al Pacino also star.
House founder Guccio Gucci dies, dividing the company equally among his sons (Aldo, Vasco, Rodolfo), and excluding his daughter; this is but one of many family rifts to come.
After Maurizio Gucci's father Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons) died in 1983, it's true that Maurizio (Adam Driver) battled his Uncle Aldo (Al Pacino) over the fate of the company. He saw his uncle and cousins as obstacles and wanted them out of the way.
Aldo attempted to solve that problem, per ABC News, by launching a Gucci perfume subsidiary, setting aside nearly all of the profits for himself and his sons, which started a family war and a struggle for power within the Gucci empire.