Alberto Bombassei
BornOctober 1940 (age 83)
Vicenza, Italy
Known forOwner of Brembo
Titlechairman and president of Brembo
Spousemarried
Children2
ParentEmilio Bombassei

Alberto Bombassei (born October 1940)[1] is an Italian billionaire businessman, the chairman and president of Brembo, an Italian manufacturer of automotive brake systems.[2] He controls 53.5% of Brembo.[3]

He was born in Vicenza, Italy.[4] His father Emilio Bombassei co-founded Brembo in 1961 with Italo Breda, and in 1975, Enzo Ferrari asked the company to provide braking systems for his Formula 1 racing cars.[3]

He is married with two children, and lives in Bergamo, Italy.[2]

In 2013 Bombassei was elected MP among the ranks of the Civic Choice party and held office until 2018. As of September 2020, he is a member of the Italian Aspen Institute.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Alberto BOMBASSEI - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  2. ^ a b "The World's Billionaires: Alberto Bombassei". Forbes. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Brembo Chairman Becomes Billionaire on Brakes for Porsche". Bloomberg. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  4. ^ "Atlantia - Rome : ATLANTIA SpA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of 9 April 2010;" (PDF). Atlantia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  5. ^ executive Committee Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, aspeninstitute.it/
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