Valentino Garavani

Valentino Garavani is a notable fashion designer from Italy. He is the founder of notable fashion brands namely Valentino SPA, Valentino Roma, Valentino Garavani, RED Valantino, and Valentino. His brands has received positive acclamation internationally. This famous Fashion Designer was honored with the prestigious Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur honor by France's President in 2006. Garavani was also awarded Medal of the City of Paris in the year of 2008. A museum in honor of this great fashion designer is going to be built in the San Teodoro region in Rome.

Valentino Garavani is listed among the top ten wealthiest fashion designers in the world, having an estimated wealth of $1.5 billion. The majority of his wealth is collected from the notable brands that he has launched. His fashion boutiques draw large number crowds from all over the world. His designer dresses are auctioned for humongous price. Celebrities, fashion models, and royal families prefer to wear dresses designed exclusively by Valentino Garavani. His dresses are also used in movies and theaters. All these helped Garavani to accumulate most of the monetary wealth that he enjoys presently. Bangkok, Paris, Atlanta, Buenos Aires, Dallas, Tokyo, and so many other international locations enjoy the presence of a Valentino fashion boutique. Rich revenues are collected (around 30%) are collected from these centers. Some portion of his wealth also comes from exhibition of Valentino's old works. In the year 2002, his company Valentino SPA was sold for a whooping $210 million!

A fashion designer like Valentino Garavani definitely leads a very lavish and extravagant lifestyle. But remember, he has a great business mind. He invested some a good portion of his wealth in opening the fashion brand company Valentino SPA. He has strong liking for executive cars and suits. Yes, he loves to live the life king size. During the 70's and 80's era, Garavani was noted for his rich set of Ford car models. Yes, he owned some of the most luxurious four-wheeler from Ford during those era. Garavani's Rome residence also highlights his measure of spending, luxury as well accumulated wealth status. The palatial building is marked "heritage" (est. 1575) and served as a residence for several royal families of Rome. Garavani invested a huge sum to purchase this palatial building. However, Garavani also spends a lot for charities and social causes. He has invested a significant amount of his wealth in launching L.I.F.E., a social welfare organization in support of AIDS patients.

Valentino Garavani used to show interest in fashion designing right from his primary school days. He did the primary schooling from Voghera, North Italy. During those days, his aunt along with a local designer helped him learn the basic of fashion designing. Then, he moved to Paris with his parents There, he joined the School of Fine Arts in France for higher degree in Fashion Designing and Fine Arts. He is a good friend of several notable celebrities like Giancarlo Giammetti, Carlos Souza, Nati Abascal, Gwyneth Paltrow, etc. He is engaged to Italian model cum actress Marilù Tolo.