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Ferruccio Lamborghini

1916 - 1993

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Ferruccio Lamborghini ( LAM-bər-GHEE-nee; Italian: [ferˈruttʃo lamborˈɡiːni]; 28 April 1916 – 20 February 1993) was an Italian automobile designer, soldier, inventor, mechanic, engineer, winemaker, industrialist, and businessman who created Lamborghini Trattori in 1948 and the Automobili Lamborghini in 1963, a maker of high-end sports cars in Sant'Agata Bolognese. Born to grape farmers in Renazzo, from the comune (municipality) of Cento, in the Emilia-Romagna region, his mechanical know-how led him to enter the business of tractor manufacturing in 1948, when he founded Lamborghini Trattori, which quickly became an important manufacturer of agricultural equipment in the midst of Italy's post-WWII economic boom. In 1959, he opened an oil burner factory, Lamborghini Bruciatori, which later entered the business of producing air conditioning equipment. Lamborghini founded a fourth company, Lamborghini Oleodinamica, in 1969 after creating Automobili Lamborghini in 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferruccio Lamborghini is the 20th most popular businessperson (down from 6th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Italy (down from 110th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Businessperson.

Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful Italian businessman who founded the Lamborghini car company.

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Among businesspeople, Ferruccio Lamborghini ranks 20 out of 847. Before him are Aristotle Onassis, Robert McNamara, Ingvar Kamprad, Jamsetji Tata, Florentino Pérez, and Cosimo de' Medici. After him are Bernard Arnault, Tim Cook, Fred Trump, William Boeing, Jeffrey Epstein, and Estée Lauder.

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Among people born in 1916, Ferruccio Lamborghini ranks 6. Before him are François Mitterrand, Edward Heath, Herbert A. Simon, Robert McNamara, and Kirk Douglas. After him are Gregory Peck, Aldo Moro, Gough Whitlam, Elena Ceaușescu, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Among people deceased in 1993, Ferruccio Lamborghini ranks 4. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Audrey Hepburn, and Federico Fellini. After him are Rudolf Nureyev, James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Erich Hartmann, Frank Zappa, Turgut Özal, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ferruccio Lamborghini ranks 291 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Eugene I (600), Pope Cornelius (200), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Sergio Leone (1929), Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892), and Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519). After him are Pope Sergius IV (970), Pope Honorius I (585), Pope Sixtus III (390), Pope Adeodatus I (570), Carlo Goldoni (1707), and Pope Sergius III (860).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Ferruccio Lamborghini ranks 2. Before him are Cosimo de' Medici (1389). After him are Guccio Gucci (1881), Ettore Bugatti (1881), Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Flavio Briatore (1950), Piero Ferrari (1945), Massimo Moratti (1945), Michele Ferrero (1925), Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (1421), Adriano Galliani (1944), and Vincenzo Lancia (1881).

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