Paolo Pininfarina
Visual Artist
1958 –
Who is Paolo Pininfarina?
Paolo Pininfarina is an Italian engineer, designer and businessman, known as the manager of the world famous Pininfarina design company of his hometown of Turin.
He studied mechanical engineering at Politecnico di Torino before joining his father Sergio Pininfarina's firm, as trainee stationed abroad with Cadillac and Honda, and then as quality manager of the Cadillac Allanté project and program manager of the Engineering GM 200 at General Motors which led to Chevrolet Lumina APV, Oldsmobile Silhouette and Pontiac Trans Sport. Paolo Pininfarina became the first manager of the new Pininfarina Extra S.r.l. which does design for non-automotive industries, while being in the upper management of the automobile firm as well where he now is chairman, succeeding his brother Andrea Pininfarina.
Being a well known designer, he has been member in the steering board of Turin's Istituto Europeo di Design and is emeritus participating founder of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale of Milan.
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- Born
- Aug 28, 1958
Turin - Also known as
- Paolo Pinifarina
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Italy
- Education
- Polytechnic University of Turin
- Employment
- Pininfarina
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on July 23, 2013
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