Antonio Molinari, the entrepreneur and president of Molinari Italia who with his family made the star anise liqueur famous all over the world, died at the age of 81.
“A brilliant and far-sighted entrepreneur - the words of his wife Daniela and their children Angelo, Inge and Mario -. He dedicated his life to the company and to the family, since he was a young man in the company together with his father Angelo and the brothers Mafalda and Marcello, he then took over the reins bringing it, with passion and dedication, thanks to his strong entrepreneurial intuition and his innovative and unconventional vision, to today's success and launching it internationally. All employees and collaborators cling to the pain of the Molinari family and honor its memory by drawing inspiration from the values of responsibility, honesty and respect that he has always promoted ".
The company was founded in 1945 in Civitavecchia by his father Angelo Molinari, with the liqueur that in a few years has become one of the symbols of the "dolce vita".
"It is not a good day for Civitavecchia - wrote the mayor of the city Ernesto Tedesco -. Antonio Molinari has left us, capable of transmitting a great passion and professionalism suitable to support it at the highest levels in the world, to his splendid children, to whom the my hug. Hello Tonino, clear and exemplary person, together with the unforgettable Marcello and Mafalda, with whom he is by right in the list of the great entrepreneurs of our city ".
(Unioneonline / D)
