Nicola Romeo (1876 to 1938) was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur best known for founding the car maker Alfa Romeo. Born in 1876, he graduated in engineering from the Politecnico di Napoli in 1899 and took a second degree in electrical engineering in Belgium. Returning to Italy he created Ing. Nicola Romeo e Co. in 1911, a firm making machinery for the mining industry. In 1915 he acquired a majority of the Milan carmaker A.L.F.A. and by 1918 owned all of it; the company was renamed to carry his name and the first car with the Alfa Romeo badge was the 1921 Torpedo 20/30 HP. He owned several engineering firms, among them the railway builder Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali. After the company came close to liquidation in 1927 he left Alfa Romeo in 1928. He also served as a senator in the Kingdom of Italy and died at his home on Lake Como in 1938.
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was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur
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1. Treccani (Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani): ROMEO, Nicola
Treccani (Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani)Biography, birth
Nacque a Sant’Antimo (Napoli) il 28 aprile 1876
Biography, death
Morì a Magreglio (Como) il 15 agosto 1938
Biography, 1925 medal
Nel 1925 gli venne conferita la medaglia d’oro della Provincia di Napoli
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28 April 1876
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Nicola Romeo died on 15 August 1938 in his home at Lake Como
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was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur mostly known for founding the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo
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mostly known for founding the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo
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was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur
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mostly known for founding the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo
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The first car carrying the Alfa Romeo badge was the 1921 Torpedo 20/30 HP.
Worked In Mode: Rail Transport, Engineering companies
Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali
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