Rinaldo Piaggio
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Rinaldo Piaggio (1864–1938) was an Italian entrepreneur, senator, and founder of
Piaggio Piaggio Group () is an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer, which produces a range of two-wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under five brands: Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Derbi. Its corporate headquarters are ...
.


Career

He founded Piaggio in 1884. It originally made furniture, then switched to aviation, building the Piaggio P.108 bomber. He was elected to the position of Senator of the
Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy wa ...
in 1934. He died at the age of 71.


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Piaggio people Italian founders of automobile manufacturers 1864 births 1938 deaths {{Italy-business-bio-stub