Benetton, Guiliana (1935–)

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Benetton, Guiliana (1935–)

Italian designer. Born May 13, 1935, in Treviso, Italy; sister of Luciano, Gilberto and Carlo Benetton; married with 4 children.

As a child, worked in knitting atelier in Treviso and later began selling hand-knitted sweaters; with brothers, started business and opened store in Bellino (1965), and the company expanded rapidly to over 7,000 outlets worldwide by 2004 (Benetton is now the world's largest manufacturer of knitwear and largest consumer of virgin wool); serves on board of directors of Edizione Holding (the family-owned financial holding company) and Benetton Group.

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