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The Family Behind Cressi: How Two Brothers and a Love of the Sea Built a Diving Legacy

By Cressi Editors Published June 10, 2026 Updated June 11, 2026
The Family Behind Cressi: How Two Brothers and a Love of the Sea Built a Diving Legacy
  In the late 1930s,  Egidio Cressi left a career in banking to spend his time closer to the sea. He and his brother Giovanni Battista, known as Nanni, had grown up in Genoa, a port city on the Ligurian coast where the relationship between people and the water runs deep and practical rather than romantic. They were not dreamers building a brand. They were two men who liked being in the water and found that the equipment available to...
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