death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor nationality relatives name parents birth_date known_for spouse article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
7 august 2008 near cambiano sergio pininfarina , 1966-2001 turin paolo pininfarina , 2008-present italian paolo pininfarina , brother andrea pininfarina sergio pininfarina giorgia gianolio 26 june 1957 being ceo of pininfarina from 2001 to 2008 cristina maddalena pellion di persano andrea pininfarina
 andrea farina mechanical engineer , ceo of pininfarina polytechnic of turin
andrea pininfarina

andrea pininfarina -lrb- 26 june 1957 -- 7 august 2008 -rrb- was an italian engineer and manager , former ceo of the italian coachbuilder pininfarina , founded by his grandfather battista `` pinin '' farina in 1930 and still controlled by the family .
he was the son of sergio pininfarina and was married to italian aristocrat cristina maddalena pellion di persano , with whom he had three children , benedetta , sergio and luca .
pininfarina was born in turin .
in 1981 he graduated from polytechnic of turin as a mechanical engineer and in 1982 was employed by fruehauf corporation in the united states of america .
in 1983 he joined the family business as program manager of the cadillac allanté project at pininfarina .
in 1987 he was promoted to co-general manager of the company , and in 1988 he became general manager .
in 1994 he was again promoted to managing director , and in 2001 he assumed the responsibility of chief executive officer .
mr. pininfarina recently served as vice president of italy 's confindustria industry lobby .
in 2004 he was named by businessweek as one of the `` 25 stars of europe '' , in the category dedicated to innovators , while in 2005 he received the `` eurostar 2005 '' award from the automotive news europe , awarded to `` top managers who have particularly distinguished themselves in the business sectors covered by their respective automotive companies . ''
pininfarina died while riding a vespa near the company 's headquarters in cambiano outside turin , italy , on the morning of 7 august 2008 .
according to police a car driven by a 78 year old man maneuvered from a side street around a parked lorry and pulled directly in front of mr. pininfarina .
conditions at the time of the accident were very foggy .
