11 Facts About Piero Ferrari

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Piero Lardi Ferrari was born on 22 May 1945 and is an Italian billionaire businessman and sport personality.

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Piero Ferrari is the son of Enzo Ferrari and his mistress, Lina Lardi.

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Piero Ferrari is the younger half-brother of Dino Ferrari, with whom he shares a father.

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Piero Ferrari became passionate about mechanics by hanging out in a bike repair shop close to his mother's home.

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In 1969 Piero Ferrari started working informally for the family company as an English translator for his father.

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In 1998, Piero Ferrari teamed up with Jose Di Mase and purchased Piaggio Aero Engineering with the idea of bringing Piaggio back to its roots as a designer and producer of business aircraft.

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The connection proved fruitful as Piero Ferrari was then able to persuade Mubadala to become a title sponsor of the Piero Ferrari Formula One Team the following year.

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Piero Ferrari is the chairman of HPE COXA, a company he founded in 1998 with the aim of providing high end engineering services in the mechanical field.

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Piero Ferrari was awarded the title of Cavaliere del Lavoro in 2004.

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Piero Ferrari was very close to his paternal grandmother, Adalgisa Bisbini.

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Piero Ferrari is married to Romina Gingasu; has a daughter Antonella with previous wife Floriana Nalin; and two grandsons, Enzo and Piero.