Portrait of Vincenzo Florio, Sicilian Industrialist of Calabrian origins. He founded several firms and companies; the most important ones were in the shipping field. He moved to palermo when he was very young; there founded the Cantine Florio for the production of Marsala wine. Later, with English partners, founded the Anglo-Sicilian Sulphur Company Limited for the production of the sulphuric acid and by-products of the sulphur.