Giovanni Battista Alberto Pirelli
Italian mathematician and engineer
Giovanni Battista Alberto Pirelli (Varenna, 27 December 1848 – Milan, 20 October 1932) was an Italian entrepreneur, engineer and politician, and the founder of the Pirelli company in Milan. In 1919 he was the president of Confindustria.2
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Born Dec 27, 1848, died Oct 20, 1932.1
Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedPolytechnic University of Milan3
Pirelli, the son of Rosa Riva and Santino Pirelli, was the eighth of ten children. His father was a baker, and died when he was eight years old. Pirelli attended the Polytechnic University of Milan.
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Career
Occupation: engineer, politician, businessperson, mathematician, statesperson.6
- 1909 to 1932Senator of the Kingdom of Italy5
- 1877 to 1889Councillor in the City of Milan5
- Date not recordedFounded Pirelli4
After his graduation, his professor Giuseppe Colombo, who was an entrepreneur as well as an academic, financed his travels to Germany and France to learn about manufacturing. He identified rubber manufacturing, a new business at the time, as a promising industry to bring to Italy. In 1872, he founded the Pirelli company, using both private capital and bank loans, quickly expanding the business by opening factories in Spain and in North and South America.
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Personal life
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