Giuseppe Caprotti, Bernardo Caprotti’s son, brutally ousted by his father while he was at the helm of Esselunga and marginalised by his stepmother Giuliana, the main heir together with his daughter Marina, has written his book-truth: “Le Ossa dei Caprotti”, published in 2023 by Feltrinelli… Stefano Cingolani, Il Foglio
Thanks to Francesco Perego and the Piero Gatti Association, which had hosted the presentation of my book Le Ossa dei Caprotti in Albiate, new historical content was discovered about the Villa San Valerio and the chapel of San Valerio, formerly the Oratory of the Immaculate Conception
Everything was already written in the will: Giuseppe and his sister Violetta, children of the first marriage, are not universal heirs but legatees, with a heavy tax burden on them. A family and entrepreneurial story narrated in the book Le Ossa dei Caprotti (Feltrinelli, 2023), which tells the story of a great enterprise between economic successes and personal entanglements
Trump has convinced his voters that tariffs will be paid by foreign exporters and not by American consumers. But soon even the most ardent Maga supporter, once at the checkout counter of a supermarket, will get the suspicion that the opposite is happening. The Sheet 26 August 2025
Between journalism, political non-fiction and history, the difference, in my opinion, lies in the research, which in the latter, is much more in-depth and is based, first and foremost, on the study of documents and archives. But the added value of this book was also the contribution of people who worked or were close to Esselunga, a company with much more widespread entrepreneurship than you might think
“Human relationships are intangible goods that no one can take away from me: it’s been years, but with some it’s as if we spoke the day before.”
Presented in the winery L’Astemia Pentita, the tale of the family that changed Italians. A big thank you to Sandra Vezza for insisting that I talk about Le Ossa dei Caprotti in her winery and to Marcello Pasquero with whom I had a very pleasant conversation
For Google, My mother Giorgina Venosta still does not exist and Wikipedia has deleted the page on Guido Venosta, creator of the Italian Association for Cancer Research. The picture is completed by the Corriere della Sera – national edition – which, for example, after deleting me in 2020, is one of the few Italian newspapers not to have reviewed my book, Le Ossa dei Caprotti
The Arctic expedition of the ship HEIMEN-SUCAI led by my great-uncle, the mountaineer and explorer Gianni Albertini between May and September 1929 had started as a search and rescue operation for possible survivors of the airship ITALIA that had gone missing the year before…
Esselunga, Giuseppe Caprotti tells the story of the company in Naples and Pompeii: the book Le Ossa dei Caprotti Tuesday…
On Monday 9 December, the book Le Ossa dei Caprotti by author Giuseppe Caprotti will be presented at the Rinascita bookstore, Piazza Roma 7, at 6 pm. The author will dialogue with journalist Mario Paci
Today, Giuseppe Caprotti is also the president of the Guido Venosta Foundation, his maternal grandfather. The foundation was established with the aim of spreading the highest ideals of culture and solidarity and is actually involved in four areas: health protection and scientific research, solidarity, promotion of culture, environmental protection
