Michele Capone
Rita Buonamassa

Founders

"We are proud owners of our oil factory.
We gained experience through trial and error and
failing at a lot of things has taught us how to succeed at them eventually...
We owe our success to our lovely family"

Michele Capone is an Italian man that pursued his dreams from a very early age. His dream was to have a big family and a wonderful wife. From the young age of 8, he began working with his father as a tool handler, later on, at just 12 years of age became a builder himself just to help out his family which required financial help. Michele, however, carried on working, until the day he was about to buy his first piece of land. The only thing he needed was someone as a guarantor, so his first thought was to ask his father for help who said, "don't worry son, I will be there". However while Michele was there waiting with the seller his father never turned up. When Michele realised that no one would help him to sign the paper work, he felt demoralized but yet did not give up on his dreams. Concidentally on that day the seller met a former employer of Michele, who gave him a reassurance and persuaded him to act as a guarantor for Michele's new enterprise. Michele was overjoyed after hearing that someone had signed for him. This land was the first place where he built his first home with the help of a few friends. At only 18, he started his own building company, he carried on building and selling houses till he gained so much experience that became the best in the area. During this time at work, he met a beautiful lady named Rita, and they fell deeply in love and decided to settle down. He bought a small land in the countryside of Gravina in Puglia, where they had their first daughter Teresa and then the second Rosanna, following by Lucia, Francesco, and Vincenzo. All his children were the focus of his life and always wanted to be there for them. Soon after the birth of his last child Vincenzo, he had an opportunity of purchasing an old run-down factory where it's purpose was to produce olive oil, as he knew that all the people from Gravina and surrounding areas loved olive oil and that meant he wouldn't have to leave his family to go work far away. In 1985, Michele and Rita completely rebuilt their own oil factory. Now it's a successfully family run buisness with clients and customer from across Europe.