Born on February 18, 1898 in the city of Modena in Italy is the man behind one of the world’s leading car manufacturing companies – Enzo Anselmo Ferrari.
Ferrari had little formal education but was passionate about car racing. He worked as mule a mule -skinner (a person who drives mules) during the World War II for the Italian army. In 1916, his father and brother died from Italian flu outbreak. In 1919, he started racing for the CMN team but had little success. In 1920, he worked for Alfa Romeo to race cars in local competitions and gained more success. In 1924, Ferrari won the Coppa Acerbo and with his achievements in local racing, Alfa Romeo offered him the opportunity to join more prestigious competitions which he turned down. He continued to work for Alfa Romeo where he managed developing the Alfa Cars factory and building a car racing team with more than forty drivers. He continued racing until 1932, when his first son was born.
In 1937, Ferrari became Director of Sports for Alfa Romeo. He then left the company but his contract clause did not allow him to race or design cars for a period of four years. He founded Auto-Avio Costruzioni, a car company that supplied parts to racing teams. After World War II, in 1947, he founded a company bearing his name – Ferrari.
More than 50 years later, Ferrari is still one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sports cars. It is also one of the most successful racing teams in the history of Formula One. Indeed Enzo Anselmo Ferrari is a person who gave so much pride to Italy Flag.