Aldo Zegna, born in 1920, joined his father Ermenegildo's company with his brother Angelo in 1942 and took it over with him in the mid-1960s. The brothers moved into ready-made suits, opening a sleeve-unit and trouser factory in Novara in 1968 and plants in Spain, Greece and Switzerland, with sales offices in France, Germany, the UK and the US. They launched the Su Misura made-to-measure service in 1972, created the Wool Awards in Australia (1963) and the Mohair Trophy in South Africa (1970), opened the first Zegna boutique in Paris in 1980 and Milan in 1985, and in 1991 made Zegna the first luxury brand to open in China, in Beijing. His son Paolo became group chairman in 1997. Casadi has not verified his date of death.