Entrepreneur, Professional Race Car Driver. He was one of the most important figures in international motor car racing in the 20th century. Born Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari, the youngest son of an Italian grocer, he had little formal education. In the 1920s he competed on the track for Alfa Romeo, and with the Arese brand. In 1923 he had his first checkered flag in his first Grand Prix at Ravenna on the Savio Circuit, yet his best season was 1924 with three first-place races: Polesine, Coppa Acerbo and once again at Ravenna. In 1929 Enzo Ferrari was knighted for his sporting merits and given the title of Commander. During this time for twenty years, he held various positions, from test driver to driver, from sales manager to director of the racing sector. In 1929 he founded the "Scuderia Ferrari" in Modena, a company that allowed the members to participate in car races. At that point, Ferrari soon became a branch of Alfa Romeo both from a technical and competitive point of view. During World War II, he broke away from Alfa in 1940 and in 1943 moved his workshop from Modena to Maranello, a small town in the province. After World War II in 1946, his company began to design and produce racing cars independently. On March 12, 1947, his first Ferrari, the "125," was inaugurated without being fully finished. This followed immediately by the "375," a 4.5-liter 12-cylinder V model. When the Lancia team withdrew from racing, Ferrari returned the Lancia D50 model to its stable, with which it achieved numerous successes in the 1956 and 1957 Grand Prix. Another historic car released with the emblem of the prancing horse, was the "Dino Ferrari", which was built in 1957 and achieved great results between 1958 and 1960. This followed with the "Tipo 156" excelling in 1961, as did the "158" in 1964, and finally, the 3-liter model, the "312," dominated the scene in 1966. His strong personality and controversial management style became notorious in the racing industry, and by the 1960s, he was facing increasing financial difficulties. In 1969 Ferrari sold 50% of his company to FIAT, a stake that became majority in 1988 after his death. Under his directions, the Modenese car manufacturer placed first over 5,000 sports races and 25 world titles in all categories of car racing from 1947 to 1988. In Formula 1, he has won the constructors' world championship eight times and one of his drivers has won the world championship nine times, with the last being the South African Jody Scheckter in 1979. All the greatest Formula 1 drivers, from Alberto Ascari to Juan Manuel Fangio to Niki Lauda, from Gilles Villeneuve to Alain Prost to Michael Schumacher, have competed and won at the wheel of a Ferrari. Enzo Ferrari, a figure of great personality and charisma, has been awarded numerous awards for his sporting and entrepreneurial genius. In 1960 the University of Bologna awarded him an honorary degree in mechanical engineering and in 1988 he received an Honorary degree in Physics from the University of Modena. He was awarded for his contributions to sports the Hammarskjöld Prize from the United Nation in 1962 and Italy's The Medal of Merit for Culture and Art in 1970. He married in 1923 and the couple had one son, who died in 1956 from Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic neuromuscular disease. He had a second son from a relationship, who became the vice chairman of the Ferrari company with a 10% share ownership.