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Enzo Anselmo "the Commendatore" Ferrari (February 20, 1898 - August 14, 1988) was an Italian race car driver and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari S.p.A.. Born in Modena, Enzo Ferrari grew up with little formal education but a strong desire to race cars. He served in World War I but returned home to find that his family's business had collapsed. He initially sought work at Fiat but without success. He then took a job at a smaller car company called CMN redesigning used truck bodies into small passenger cars. He took up racing in 1919 on the CMN team, but he had little initial success. He later left CMN in 1920 to work at Alfa Romeo and raced their cars in local races. Enzo Ferrari would continue to race cars with increasing success under Alfa Romeo, founding the Scuderia as the company's racing team in 1939. Ferrari would go into business as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. He remained managing director of the firm until 1971. He died in Modena in 1988 at the age of 90, leaving a racing legacy that stands to this day.
