FERRARI APPOINTS BENEDETTO VIGNA AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
June 09 2021 - 1:36AM
Maranello (Italy), 9 June 2021 - Ferrari N.V. (“Ferrari” or the
“Company”) announces the appointment of Benedetto Vigna as its
Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Vigna will join Ferrari on 1 September from
STMicroelectronics (“ST”), where he is currently President of its
Analog, MEMS (Micro-electromechanical Systems) and Sensors Group,
ST’s largest and most profitable operating business in 2020. He is
also a Member of the ST Group’s Executive Committee.
Commenting on the appointment, John Elkann,
Chairman of Ferrari said: “We’re delighted to welcome Benedetto
Vigna as our new Ferrari CEO. His deep understanding of the
technologies driving much of the change in our industry, and his
proven innovation, business-building and leadership skills, will
further strengthen Ferrari and its unique story of passion and
performance, in the exciting era ahead.”
An Italian national with extensive international
experience working with some of the world’s leading technology
companies, Mr. Vigna, 52, graduated cum laude in physics from the
University of Pisa. He joined ST in 1995, founded the company’s
MEMS activities and went on to establish ST’s market leadership in
motion-activated user interfaces. His responsibilities were
expanded to include connectivity, imaging and power solutions and
he piloted a series of successful moves into new business areas,
with a particular focus on the industrial and automotive market
segments.
Benedetto Vigna commented: “It’s a special
honour to be joining Ferrari as its CEO and I do so with an equal
sense of excitement and responsibility. Excitement at the great
opportunities that are there to be captured. And with a profound
sense of responsibility towards the extraordinary achievements and
capabilities of the men and women of Ferrari, to all the company’s
stakeholders and to everyone around the world for whom Ferrari is
such a unique passion.”
In his role as CEO Mr. Vigna’s priority will be
to ensure that Ferrari continues to build on its leadership
position as the creator of the world’s most beautiful and
technically advanced cars. His unique knowledge gained over 26
years working at the heart of the semiconductor industry that is
rapidly transforming the automotive sector, will accelerate
Ferrari’s ability to pioneer the application of next generation
technologies.
- Press Release_ENG_09.06.2021
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