Candido Jacuzzi didn’t set out to turn his last name into a global brand. Nor did he intend to power a business which, though it created the family fortune, nearly tore them apart. This empire starts, and ends, with family — seven brothers, to be exact, Candido being the seventh. The Jacuzzis were, at the turn of the 20th century, a large clan in Casarsa, a farming commune in Northern Italy. Growing up on this hilltop surrounded by vineyards, the siblings began work early and wore wooden shoes, saving handmade slippers for Mass.

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Persons: Candido Jacuzzi didn’t, Kenneth Jacuzzi, Candido Locations: Casarsa, Northern Italy