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  • '''Nicola Romeo''' (28 April 1876 - 15 August 1938) was an Italian engineer and an entrepreneur. ...the company became successful he wanted to expand and acquired a majority of Milan based car manufacturing company [[A.L.F.A.]] in 1915. Only three year
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  • '''Giovanni Agnelli''' (13 August 1866 – 16 December 1945) was an Italian entrepreneur, who founded [[Fiat]] car manufacturing in 1899. ...preneurial skills. In 1898, he met Count Emanuele Bricherasio di Cacherano of Turin, who was looking for investors for his horseless carriage project; Ag
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  • ...tive in the oil and gas business and motorsports racing legacies. The saga of Jim Hall and Chaparral Cars is documented at the [[Permian Basin Petroleum *Jim Hall was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 1997.
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  • ...wide as a luxury car manufacturer, while later it turned to the production of marine and aircraft engines as well as other goods. The name of the firm was created from the two surnames of its founders, [[Cesare Isotta]] and [[Oreste Fraschini]], as '''Società Milanese Automo
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  • ...Tucker''' (September 21, 1903 – December 26, 1956) was an American [[automobile]] designer and entrepreneur. ...the Tucker '48 was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3, 1949. The 1988 movie, ''Tucker: The Man and His Dre
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