Achille Lauro (Italian pronunciation: [aˌkilːe ˈlaːuro]; 16 June 1887 – 15 November 1982) was an Italian businessman and politician.Born the fifth of six children of the shipowner Gioacchino and of Laura Cafiero, he was on his part the shipowner and founder of the Flotta Lauro, one of the most powerful Italian fleets of all time and one of the major fortunes in the south of Italy, in addition to the owner of a true financial empire created by himself. A determining fact in marking the force of his activities was his genial intuition that his workers should participate in the benefits of their activities. Wikipedia