Ferdinando Innocenti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinando Innocenti

Italian businessman

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1891

Place of Birth: Pescia, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1966

Profession: entrepreneur, inventor

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ferdinando Innocenti (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.
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.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.

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