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Ferdinando Innocenti (; 1 September 1891, in 
Innocenti started working as an assistant to a blacksmith in 1907. By 1966, BMC models primarily at that date versions of the
Biography
Lambretta website
Pescia
Pescia () is an Italian city in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy.
It is located in a central zone between the cities Lucca and Florence, on the banks of the river of the same name.
History
Archaeological excavations have suggest ...
, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
– 21 June 1966, in Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the c ...
) was an Italian businessman who founded the machinery-works company Innocenti
Innocenti () was an Italian machinery works, originally established by Ferdinando Innocenti in 1920. Over the years, they produced Lambretta scooters as well as a range of automobiles, mainly of British Leyland origins. The brand was retired in 1 ...
and was the creator of the Lambretta
Lambretta () is the brand name of mainly motor scooters, initially manufactured in Milan, Italy, by Innocenti.
The name is derived from the word Lambrate, the suburb of Milan named after the river Lambro which flows through the area, and wher ...
motorscooter.
Innocenti started working as an assistant to a blacksmith in 1907. By 1966, BMC models primarily at that date versions of the Mini
The Mini is a small, two-door, four-seat car, developed as ADO15, and produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 through 2000. Minus a brief hiatus, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during ...
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.
External links
Biography
Lambretta website
Sources
1891 births 1966 deaths 20th-century Italian businesspeople Innocenti Italian founders of automobile manufacturers Italian automotive pioneers 20th-century Italian inventors People from Pescia {{Italy-business-bio-stub