Ferdinando Innocenti
Ferdinando Innocenti (Italian pronunciation: [ferdiˈnando innoˈtʃɛnti]; 1 September 1891, in Pescia, Italy – 21 June 1966, in Varese) was an Italian businessman who founded the machinery-works company Innocenti and was the creator of the Lambretta motorscooter.
Innocenti started working as an assistant to a blacksmith in 1907.[1] By 1966, BMC models – primarily at that date versions of the Mini and the Austin/Morris 1100, assembled to a high standard at Innocenti's Milan plant – accounted for three percent of the Italian passenger car market.[1]
On his death his son, Luigi, who had been vice-chairman since 1958, succeeded him in the top job at the company he had founded.[1]
External links[]
- Biography Lambretta website
Sources[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "News and Views:Ferdinando Innocenti". Autocar. 125 (nbr 3672): 42. 1 July 1966.
Authority control  |
|---|
 | This business-related Italian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1891 births
- 1966 deaths
- 20th-century Italian businesspeople
- Innocenti
- Italian founders of automobile manufacturers
- Italian automotive pioneers
- 20th-century Italian inventors
- People from Pescia
- Italian business biography stubs