Leandro Rizzuto was born on April 10, 1938 in Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. In 1959, Leandro Rizzuto left St. John's University to help his family set up a hair products company in the basement of their Brooklyn home.
Later named Conair, the company took off on the back of their game-changing pistol-shaped hair dryer.
Conair later moved into small appliances, acquiring Cuisinart in 1989.
Rizzuto also owns the Cuisinart Golf Resort & Spa in Anguilla, which features a Greg Norman-designed 18-hole golf course.
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💰Leandro Rizzuto Net worth: $3.5 Billion
2009
$1.2 Billion
2010
$1.6 Billion
2011
$1.8 Billion
2012
$1.8 Billion
2013
$1.9 Billion
2014
$2.9 Billion
2015
$3.6 Billion
2016
$5.1 Billion
2017
$4.5 Billion
2018
$3.5 Billion
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Biography/Timeline
1959
In 1959, Rizzuto dropped out of St. John's University to assist his family in setting up a hair products Business in the basement of their Brooklyn home; this would later become Conair.
1983
He was born in Brooklyn, the son of Julian and Josephine Rizzuto. Julian was born Nicola in Italy, but later changed his name to Julian, and Josephine's New York Times 1983 obituary refers to him as Nicola.
2017
On December 3, 2017, Rizzuto died from pancreatic cancer.
2018
On January 5, 2018, President Donald Trump appointed his son Leandro Rizzuto Jr., to the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Barbados, as well as St. Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia.