Luxottica Documentary: The $33 Billion Eyeglass Monopoly

The glasses on your face — regardless of the brand name etched into the frame — were almost certainly made by one company. This Luxottica documentary exposes the $33 billion monopoly that controls what you see, what you pay, and whether you even have a choice. From an orphanage in Milan to a global empire spanning 150 countries, Leonardo Del Vecchio built a vertical monopoly that now manufactures 80% of all major fashion-brand eyewear, owns LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, and Oakley, and merged with lens giant Essilor in a $32 billion deal to create the most complete corporate chokehold on a medical necessity in modern history. $4 to manufacture. $400 at the register. And the company that set both numbers answers to no regulator, no competitor, and no market force on Earth. 🔴 Subscribe to THE BLUEPRINT for more corporate exposés. #luxottica #EssilorLuxottica #EyewearMonopoly #LuxotticaDocumentary #CorporatePower #LeonardoDelVecchio #TheBlueprint