Ettore Bugatti, known as the founder of one of the most important and prestigious Italian brands in the world, was an inventor and a visionary. Thanks to his revolutionary ideas, over the course of his life he trademarked more than 1000 patents and has introduced concepts such as aerodynamic and lightness, in order to make vehicles’ performance better. This year we celebrate the 140th anniversary since his birth; so let us find out about the great Italian innovator Ettore Bugatti.

Ettore Bugatti was born on the 15 of September of 1881 in Milan in a family of artists: son of Teresa Lorioli and Carlo Bugatti, the latter being the man who invented the racing bike and furniture and jewel designer, he goes to the Academy of Brera. He soon discovers his true passion, which is not art but mechanics.