Sotirios voulgaris biography definition

Greek silversmith and distinguished businessman (1857–1932)

Sotirios Voulgaris (Greek: Σωτήριος Βούλγαρης; 1857–1932), or Sotirio Bulgari in Italian, was a Greek silversmith and distinguished businessman,^[1][2] who founded the company Bulgari (or Bvlgari) which flourished in business in Italy, and later internationally in the area of gold- and silversmithing and fashion accessory.^[4][5][6]

Biography

Voulgaris was born on March 18, 1857, in Paramythia, Thesprotia, part of Ottoman Epirus (now Epirus, Greece), where he spent his childhood.

He originated from the village of Kalarrytes, which at the time was the largest silversmithing center in the Balkans. He was one of the eleven children of his father, Georgios Voulgaris (1823–1889), and his Greek mother with Aromanian roots, Eleni Strouggaris.

Some sources maintain that he was of Aromanian background.^[7][8][9] Sotirios u