Luigi Lucchini

Luigi Lucchini (21 January 1919 – 26 August 2013) was an Italian businessman and steel executive.

The son of an iron craftsman, Lucchini was born in Casto, Brescia, on 21 January 1919. He studied foreign languages at the Catholic University of Milan but dropped out of university due to financial difficulties; then he worked as a teacher for a brief period and finally he took over his father's workshop in Val Sabbia. After World War II he realized his first extensions of the family business, installing a small mill for the production of rebar. From 1980 to 1982, Lucchini was also part of the EEC Consultative Committee in representation of the European private steel producers.