Behind Gucci's Glamour Lies a Family Destroyed by Power

They built one of the most famous names in the world — Gucci — from a single leather shop in Florence. Three generations later, the family had lost the company, the fortune, and their own name, torn apart not by competitors but by each other. And it ended, in 1995, with one of the most shocking crimes in the history of fashion. In this episode of Empire of Money, we trace the rise and self-destruction of the House of Gucci: how a hotel porter's dream became a global empire, how decades of family feuds and courtroom betrayals hollowed it out, how the last of the family's ownership was sold to outsiders, and how the tragedy reached its unthinkable end. Where the facts are debated, we say so — and we're careful to separate the sensational finale from the real cause. The crime made the headlines, but it was decades of greed and mistrust that actually lost the fortune. Have you seen money tear a family apart? Tell us below. 💰 No hype. No get-rich-quick promises. Just the true, often ruthless history of how money built the modern world. Subscribe and turn on notifications — because power and money are never far apart.