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Mar 27, 2017 · See All 30 Photos. From humble workshop beginnings in 1961, if Brembo founders Emilio Bombassei and his brother-in-law, Italo Breda, peered into a crystal ball, the entrepreneurs would have...
Jan 25, 2014 · The stake is credited to Bombassei because the 73-year-old and his wife still receive the income from 80 percent of the shares. As patriarch and chairman, the billionaire also retains effective...
His father Emilio Bombassei co-founded Brembo in 1961 with Italo Breda, and in 1975, Enzo Ferrari asked the company to provide braking systems for his Formula 1 racing cars. [ 3 ] He is married with two children, and lives in Bergamo , Italy.
In the ’70s, Brembo began its exponential growth in the world of braking systems, with Alberto Bombassei knocking at the doors of the great two- and four-wheel manufacturers, proposing its innovations.
Brembo was originally founded by Alberto’s father, Emilio Bombassei, and his uncle, Italo Breda, in 1961 in Bergamo, Italy. The Brembo name was adopted about a decade later and was an amalgamation of the Bombassei and Breda family names. The small machine shop specialized in disc brakes for automobiles and motorcycles.
Brembo was established in Paladina, Italy, on January 11, 1961, by Emilio Bombassei and Italo Breda (father and uncle, respectively, to the current Chairman Alberto Bombassei). [3] [4] The company was named after the Brembo river. Bombassei lived in a village on the coast of the river before moving to Milan.
Sep 28, 2024 · Founded by Alberto's father Emilio, Brembo broke into the big leagues in 1975, when Enzo Ferrari asked Emilio to outfit his race cars.
