The battle of the Bulgari heiresses
The Bulgari family has been torn apart by a row between two fourth-generation sisters. © Studio Pachamama

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The battle of the Bulgari heiresses

The Bulgari family, founders of the namesake jewellery company, has been torn apart by a bitter row between two fourth-generation sisters over control of two trusts totalling $130m. The sisters' animosity has rattled their entire clan, which could eventually have an impact on LVMH, where the Bulgaris are the second-largest family shareholders.

The battle of the Bulgari heiresses
The Bulgari family has been torn apart by a row between two fourth-generation sisters. © Studio Pachamama

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Bulgari feud takes toll on LVMH and Accor

The fierce feud that has been brewing for years among the third and fourth generations of Roman jewellers Bulgari is beginning to have repercussions not only for LVMH, which bought the brand in 2011, but also for Accor, which has partnered with the family to set up luxury hotels in Italy.

Sisters Veronica Bulgari and Ilaria Bulgari have been at loggerheads for several years.
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Sisters Veronica Bulgari and Ilaria Bulgari have been at loggerheads for several years.

Italy, United States
Battle of the Bulgaris: Veronica moves to outmanoeuvre sister Ilaria

Veronica Bulgari, locked in a two-year lawsuit against her sister Ilaria over management of two trusts worth $130m, asked the New York court to grant her summary judgment - a request that has backfired somewhat.

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Italy, Switzerland
Bulgari sisters' skirmish in Geneva

Ilaria Bulgari, great-granddaughter of the luxury jeweller's founder, is involved in a legal dispute in the United States against her sister Veronica Bulgari and her father Nicola Bulgari. She has also been waging a war against the Swiss firm in Geneva that manages the family's fortune.

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Italy, United States
Nicola Bulgari caught in middle of daughters' drawn-out feud

There's a new twist in the ongoing dispute between sisters Veronica Bulgari and Ilaria Bulgari, who have been at loggerheads for three years over two trusts worth nearly $130m.

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Italy, Switzerland, United States
Bulgari sisters' squabble goes global

Following three months of failed mediation efforts, the legal dispute between Veronica and Ilaria Bulgari, great-granddaughters of the luxury jeweller's founder, is playing out between New York, Switzerland and Italy.

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Switzerland, United States
Feuding Bulgari sisters fail to settle dispute

Veronica and Ilaria Bulgari - great-granddaughters of the founder of the Bulgari jewellery dynasty - have been at loggerheads for three years over the management of two trusts that belonged to their late mother, and that hold a total of nearly €130m.

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Italy, Switzerland, United States
Bulgari family office dragged into heiress sisters' bitter feud

A fraught legal battle playing out in the United States between two siblings from the fourth generation of the Bulgari jewellery dynasty is having knock-on effects for a discreet Swiss firm that manages the family's fortune.

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