Ettore Bugatti
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About
Italian-French automotive designer, engineer, and founder of the vehicle manufacturing company Automobiles E. Bugatti.
Before Fame
He created engines and vehicles for Prinetti & Stucchi, Peugeot, and other manufacturers. He even designed and built airplane engines in the early decades of the 20th century.
Trivia
His son Jean died at the age of 30 while test-driving a race car that Bugatti had designed.
Family Life
After the death of his first wife Barbara, he married Geneviéve Marguerite Delcuze, and they had a son and a daughter. He was the son of a Milanese designer of jewelry and furniture and the grandson of a sculptor and painter.
Associated With
He and Preston Tucker were both automotive designers and entrepreneurs.
