Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A. (OTCPK:DVDCY) (MILAN:CPR.MI) is one of the oldest alcoholic beverage companies.
Its founder, Gaspare Campari, invented the famous “bitter all’uso d’Hollanda” (the Dutch-style bitter), better known as Campari, the iconic bright-red Italian liquor whose recipe is still a secret known by very few people. He started to sell it in his cafés, first in Novara, a small town close to Turin, and later in the Milan central gallery, just a few steps from the renowned Duomo Square.
The firm’s expansion started with one of Gaspare’s sons: Davide, who