Genoa – Genoa loses Alfredo Dovo Tonitto, son of Antonio Dovo Tonitto, founder of the ice cream brand now famous all over the world. Alfredo he was 81 years old, he leaves his wife, Silvia, three children (Luca, Massimiliano and Fiona), the grandchildren.
Alfredo Dovo Tonitto was president of the company founded by father Antonio, in 1939, in Genoa. The first ice cream shop was opened in neighborhood of Albaro, today the brand is present in 30 countries around the world. In the sixties and seventies Tonitto ice cream conquered the city and collected important awards, such as the gold medal won during the international “Quality Ice Cream Competition”.
To give the turning point, making the dimensional leap to the company, it was Alfredo, in the Eighties. Raised and educated between passion and dedication, Alfredo took over the family business from his father and made them make a dimensional leap by deciding to bring the brand to other regions. With Alfredo, the Tonitto ice cream parlor first becomes the favorite meeting point of the Genoese high society: all the best restaurants ask for his ice creams. In a short time, orders began to flock also from other parts of Italy, in particular from the Costa Smeralda and Lombardy. Even the King of Jordan chooses Tonitto’s ice cream for the prestigious guests of his parties. Alfredo then moves the production to a small factory and opens two other ice cream shops in the city: this is the beginning of large-scale production.
In 1984, in a phase of great company expansion, Alfredo Dovo Tonitto opens an impressive ice cream shop in Beverly Hills. Bet won. In a short time the place becomes one of the favorite haunts of Hollywood actors and artists. The commitment is great, perhaps too much, so much so that the entrepreneur is forced to sell the shops to devote himself entirely to the greatest passion: the production of ice cream. The sons, Luca and Massimiliano take over and the production moves to a new 7,000 m2 building, equipped with the most advanced industrial plants. Tonitto begins to take the forms of what it is today: a number 1 company in Italy, which exports to over 30 countries in Europe, the Middle East, South America, Japan, South Korea.
Alfredo Dovo Tonitto’s funeral will take place Tuesday at 11.30 in the Parish of San Pio X. The Holy Rosary will be recited on Monday 25 at 5.15 pm.
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