{{short description|Italian businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Luca Barilla | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|May 12, 1960}} | birth_place = Milan, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Businessman | title = Deputy chairman, Barilla Group | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known_for = | boards = | spouse = | parents = | children = | relatives = Guido Barilla (brother)<br> Paolo Barilla (brother) | website = }}
'''Luca Barilla''' (born May 12, 1960 in Milan) is an Italian billionaire businessman, and the deputy chairman<ref name="BarillaGroup">{{cite web|url=https://www.barillagroup.com/en/luca-barilla-en |title=Luca Barilla Biography |website=Barillagroup.com |date= |accessdate=2020-06-16}}</ref> of Barilla Group, the world's largest pasta company, which is 85% owned by Luca, his brothers Guido and Paolo, and a sister.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|title=The World's Billionaires: Luca Barilla|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/luca-barilla/|website=Forbes|accessdate=23 January 2017}}</ref>
Barilla began participating in the family business in 1980. In 1984, after completing his studies in the United States and military service in the Italian military police force Carabinieri, he was appointed to the position of product manager. He carried out the professional training in the Company, first at the subsidiary Barilla France in Paris and then in the American headquarters of the Group.
In 1987, Luca Barilla became a member of the family Group's Board of Directors, of which he was elected Deputy Chairman the following year. He has been holding this position since that date, being the current Deputy Chairman of the Group.<ref name="BarillaGroup"/>
In 1997 Luca Barilla was appointed President of GranMilano, a leader company in the production of confectionery products. He held this position until 2008, when the brand was sold.<ref name="Finanza.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.finanza.com/Finanza/Notizie_Italia/Italia/notizia/Barilla_vende_il_100_di_GranMilano_a_Sammontana-227942|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711182403/https://www.finanza.com/Finanza/Notizie_Italia/Italia/notizia/Barilla_vende_il_100_di_GranMilano_a_Sammontana-227942|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2020|title=Barilla vende il 100% di GranMilano a Sammontana|website=Finanza.com|date=|accessdate=2020-07-08}}</ref>
In 2018 he, along with his wife Michela Petronio, purchased the Pastiglie Leone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benna |first=Christian |date=2018-09-30 |title=Luca Barilla rilancia le Pastiglie Leone: «Un milione per i dipendenti» |url=https://torino.corriere.it/economia/18_settembre_30/luca-barilla-rilancia-pastiglie-leone-un-milione-dipendenti-4f14458c-c4e9-11e8-a181-ae01ca7df8b0.shtml |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La storia di Leone |url=https://leone1857.com/pages/la-storia-di-leone |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Leone 1857 |language=it}}</ref>
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