Benedetto Vigna
Vigna in 2017
Born (1969-04-10) 10 April 1969
Potenza, Italy
OccupationBusiness executive Physicist
TitleCEO, Ferrari
Board member ofFerrari

Benedetto Vigna (born 10 April 1969 in Potenza) is an Italian physicist and businessman. He is currently the chief executive officer of Ferrari.

Career

Born in Potenza, Basilicata, he grew up in the neighboring municipality of Pietrapertosa.[1]

Graduating as a physicist from the University of Pisa in 1993, in 1995 he started working for STMicroelectronics starting the company's commitment to microelectromechanical systems.[2]

He is the inventor of a three-dimensional motion sensor which was initially applied to the airbags of automobiles.[3] After reducing its size and cost, the sensor was used in the Nintendo Wii console's wireless controller.[3] For this invention, Vigna was included in the shortlist of twelve candidates for the "European Inventor 2010" award promoted by European Patent Organization.[3] In his career he has registered more than one hundred patents.[4]

On 9 June 2021, he was announced as the new chief executive officer of Ferrari.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Il lucano Benedetto Vigna dal 1° settembre amministratore delegato Ferrari. "Orgoglio e senso di responsabilità"" (in Italian). 8 August 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Biografia di Benedetto Vigna" (PDF). STMicroelectronics (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 de Paola, Giovanni (12 March 2010). "Premio per l'inventore europeo. In gara anche un italiano". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Benedetto Vigna Result list". Espacenet. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ferrari appoints Benedetto Vigna as chief executive officer". Ferrari. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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