The video presented here chronicles the life of the legendary Ettore Bugatti and his substantial influence on automotive history. Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (15 September 1881 – 21 August 1947) was an Italian-born and French naturalized citizen automobile designer and manufacturer. He is remembered as the founder and proprietor of the automobile manufacturing company Automobiles E. Bugatti.
Born into an artistic family, Ettore Bugatti, with financial support from his father, began what would be an automotive odyssey in 1889 when he developed the prototype Bugatti Type 1. In 1909 he started Automobiles E. Bugatti, a company who would go on to produce a racing and production legacy that is still incredibly revered to this day. Ettore Bugatti died in 1947.
