Biography

Benedetto Vigna, born in 1969, is an Italian physicist and business executive. He graduated in Subnuclear Physics from the University of Pisa in 1993, and in 1995 he began working for STMicroelectronics, launching the company's commitment to MEMS. Since 2016, he has been the Head of the Analog, MEMS, and Sensors Group at STMicroelectronics. Vigna holds over 200 patents in micro-machining, is the author of numerous publications in this field, and is part of the governing boards of several programs funded by the European Union, as well as the boards of research centers in Asia and America recognized worldwide. On June 9, 2021, he was announced as the CEO of Ferrari, a position he will officially take on September 1, 2021.

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Brand

Ferrari is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1947 in Maranello, in the province of Modena.

Producer of high-end sports and racing cars and engaged in motorsport, it is the most successful in the Formula One World Championship, having won fifteen drivers' titles and sixteen constructors' titles, as well as being one of the most successful in competitions for Sports, Prototype, Sports Prototype, and Gran Turismo cars.

It has repeatedly excelled in classic endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 12 Hours of Sebring, and the 24 Hours of Daytona, as well as in road course races like the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia, and the Carrera Panamericana.

In 2013 and 2014, the brand was recognized as the most influential in the world. Since September 1, 2021, the company, like the parent company Ferrari N.V., has been led by Benedetto Vigna as CEO.