Horacio Pagani (auto executive)

Horacio Pagani

Horacio Pagani (second from the right, white jacket), 2012
Born Horacio Pagani
(1955-11-10) 10 November 1955
Casilda, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Occupation Automotive Entrepreneur; Founder and CEO of Pagani

Horacio Pagani (born 10 November 1955) is the Argentine founder of Pagani Automobili S.p.A., an Italian specialty auto-maker.

Personal Life

Horacio Pagani was born in Casilda, Argentina. His father was a baker descended from Italian immigrants.

Career

From an early age Pagani enjoyed making cars using balsa wood, the designs of which can now be seen in the Pagani showroom. In 1983 he moved to Italy with a letter of recommendation by Juan Manuel Fangio in order to pursue his dream of building a supercar.[1] At the age of 20, Pagani had designed and built his first F3 racer.[2] He was a chief engineer at Lamborghini and he built the Countach Evoluzione concept. He tried to persuade Lamborghini to buy an autoclave so they could extend the production of the carbon parts for the Evoluzione. They refused, saying that neither did Ferrari have an autoclave, nor did Lamborghini need one. Pagani borrowed the capital to buy his own autoclave late in 1987 and then, in 1991, he broke away from the company and founded his own consultancy called Modena Design which continues to make carbon fiber composites for Formula One cars and clients like Daimler, Ferrari and Aprilia .[2][3]

Pagani Automobili Modena was founded by Pagani in 1992.[4] The first car he produced was the Zonda which took seven years to complete.[2] His second car produced is the Huayra. It is named after Huayra Tata, the god of the wind in Incan Culture.

References

  1. ↑ Dan Trent (18 February 2011) Pagani Huayra Ready For Lift-Off. Piston Heads.
  2. 1 2 3 Richard Lofthouse (6 July 2004). "Perfection takes vision and patience. According to Horacio Pagani supercars should be lightweight, functional and beautiful". The Independent.
  3. ↑ Darius Sanai (10 November 1999). "Focus: Car world's fabulous baker's boy". The Independent.
  4. ↑ Matt Davis (18 November 2002). "A Wish Called: Supercar dreamers could learn a lot from Horacio Pagani and his dream supercar". AutoWeek.

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