On January 16, the Italian actress and plastic artist Gina Lollobrigida passed away at the age of 95. Her will, which was opened and made public on the 24th of the same month, revealed that the Argentine businessman Horacio Pagani is one of those responsible for safeguarding the artistic heritage of the deceased.
In the document drawn up on January 5, 2017 before two witnesses, Lollobrigida explained that Pagani together with Andrea Piazzola, his personal assistant during his last years of life, will be the owners of a company with their works of art. In addition, he expressed the will that “make known” their artistic activity through the promotion and organization of samples of their creations throughout the world. In this regard, the Argentine commented to Engine1 that “it will be a great responsibility for me”.
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Designer, manufacturer and builder of cars, Pagani is the creator and director of the company Pagani Automobilia factory of exclusive cars and one of the most prestigious in the world that are sold in single figures. His clients are millionaires and owners of companies from all over the world.among which are the Perez Companc.
“I owe my clients everything I have and the possibility of giving work to others,” he commented in dialogue with PROFILE.
Ferrero since childhood
Horacio Pagani was born in Casilda, Santa Fe, on November 10, 1955. Son of Italians, Since childhood he was passionate about cars. As soon as he came home from school, he locked himself in his room and designed sketches of vehicles, which he made to scale with items he had at hand, such as pieces of wood, cans, plaster or clay.
The businessman said that Leonardo Da Vinci was his biggest inspiration. In this sense, during his childhood he read an article about the life of the Italian artist and that he spoke about the union between science and art. “I saw the path I wanted to travel,” he commented on it to this medium.
However, his designs were not exclusive to him, but he shared them with his friends. “This is for the Torino room”, Horacio told them, who at the age of 11 was playing at being an exhibitor. Just four years later, at 15, he designed his first motorcycle and at 17 he made a bogie. After finishing high school he spent only two years studying industrial design at the National University of La Plata.
His time at Lamborghini and the origin of his brand
Pagani debuted in the world of racing cars at the age of 22when he designed a Renault car to run in Formula 2. After winning a contest, he himself Juan Manuel Fangio wrote a letter of recommendation for five recipients: Enzo Ferrari; Carlo Chiti, from Alfa Romeo; Giulio Alfieri, from Lamborghini; Alejandro De Tomaso and Enzo Osella, an F1 prototype tuner.
In the early 80’s he went to Italy with his girlfriend (his current wife and mother of two children). Alferi promised him a job that he later canceled due to a crisis the company was going through. However, Pagani did not give up and at the age of 26 he went to see Alfieri again. “Make me sweep the floors. But remember that I came to make the best and most beautiful car in the world.“, Told him.
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One year later, Pagani became responsible for the bodywork sector of the terminal convinced that carbon fiber was the future of the industry. Given the refusal of the brand to finance the Countach Evoluzione, the first model of the Italian manufacturer made of carbon fiber, Pagani decided to take out a bank loan and found Pagani Composite Researcha company that collaborated on numerous projects with Lamborghini.
In 1991 he created Pagani Modena Design. With his own money, he bought an autoclave, a kind of oven that allows the creation of materials with pressure and high temperatures, with which he began the production process of the brand that would bear his name. With his team, he began to independently manufacture carbon fiber parts that Ferrari would use in Formula 1.
Zonda and Huayra: the emblems of the Pagani Automobili firm
In 1999 the Pagani Zonda C12 made its first appearance at the Geneva Auto Show. The presentation was a success, since customers immediately began to put it aside to buy it. The vehicle had been created on a surprisingly small budget and a V12 engine on loan from a Mercedes-Benz engineer.
In 2011, it launched the Huayra, a vehicle with acceleration from 0-100 kilometers per hour in 2.8 seconds and a speed of 383 kilometers per hour. Although the Zonda had been a success, it was this model, which popularized the term hyper-car, that catapulted it to the fame it maintains today.
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Its best-known models, which also include the Imola, go from 1.5 million euros to 4 million. The company, which has 170 employees, does not manufacture more than forty units per year of each of its models. According to Pagani, his vehicles “are all handmade.”
In the world, only about 300 people own a Pagani, among which are millionaires, sheikhs, princes, kings and company owners. However, the Argentine businessman explains that he “cannot mention them” because “they are our greatest heritage, they are people with a very low profile.”
His friendship with Gina Lollobrigida
The car designer maintained a friendship with the recently deceased Italian diva. As a result of this relationship, in 2013, when the Pagani Zonda Revolución went on sale, the woman had been the godmother of the model.
Added to this, in 2017 they both made a sculpture that paid homage to Lollobrigida and Pagani. In a press release issued by Pagani Automobili, the company explained that the actress defined the Argentine as a “complete artist, intelligent but above all a friend.”
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It was the artist who decided to make the sculpture together with Pagani. “I said to myself: this is amazing! She, right next to me!” Mentioned the Argentine upon learning of the request for collaboration. “Creating and working together is something fascinating, she is a classy, determined woman, a beautiful artist. A true icon. I feel very lucky“, he added.
“The two began to know more about each other and appreciate each other’s work.both lovers of beauty, both deep lovers of graphic and visual art,” they detailed in the statement.
According to Pagani, “Gina is an enormously talented woman. She is wonderful. She may be known to the world only as a Hollywood diva, but she is a great painter, sculptor and photographer.”
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