# Ugo Gobbato

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Italian businessman

Ugo Gobbato

**Ugo Gobbato** ([Volpago del Montello](/source/Volpago_del_Montello), 16 July 1888 – [Milan](/source/Milan), 28 April 1945) was an Italian engineer and Managing Director of [Alfa Romeo](/source/Alfa_Romeo) 1933 to 1945.

Gobbato studied in Germany where he graduated in mechanical engineering at the [Technical University](/source/Wests%C3%A4chsische_Hochschule_Zwickau_-_University_of_Applied_Sciences_Zwickau) of [Zwickau](/source/Zwickau) in [Saxony](/source/Saxony). After having fulfilled his military service between 1915 and 1918 during [World War One](/source/World_War_One),[1] he was hired by [Fiat](/source/Fiat) in Turin and was appointed the first director of the [Lingotto](/source/Lingotto) factory. From 1929 to 1931 he oversaw the construction of Fiat factories in Germany and Spain. In 1931, Fiat founder and senator [Giovanni Agnelli](/source/Giovanni_Agnelli) (1866–1945) entrusted Gobbato with the construction of the first Fiat factory in [Moscow](/source/Moscow). Gobbato moved with his family to Moscow, where he lived for over two years.

In 1933 Gobbato moved back to Italy, when the government and the [Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale](/source/Istituto_per_la_Ricostruzione_Industriale) (IRI) gave him the task of reorganizing [Alfa Romeo](/source/Alfa_Romeo) which at the time was on the brink of bankruptcy. From 1938 he directed the development of a new factory in [Alfa Romeo Pomigliano d'Arco plant](/source/Alfa_Romeo_Pomigliano_d'Arco_plant) outside [Naples](/source/Naples), which had been bombed in 1943.[2] Towards the end of [World War Two](/source/World_War_Two) Gobbato was relocated to Milan. Gobbato led the company until the end of the [Italian Civil War](/source/Italian_Civil_War), when he was assassinated by one of Alfa Romeo's workers, Antonio Mutti, in Milan on 28 April 1945.[1] He was followed as Alfa director by Pasquale Gallo (1887–1982).

In 1916 Gobbato married Dianella Marsiaj. Their son, [Pier Ugo Gobbato](/source/Pier_Ugo_Gobbato) (1918–2008), was a racing driver.[3] The football stadium in [Pomigliano d'Arco](/source/Pomigliano_d'Arco) is named after him.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-quattroruote.it_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-quattroruote.it_1-1) ["Ugo Gobbato: Un inventore senza epoca"](http://www.quattroruote.it/news/eventi/2009/12/18/un_innovatore_senza_epoca.html). *quattroruote.it*. 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *[Between two wars](https://www.museoalfaromeo.com/en-us/storia/Pages/guerre.aspx)* from www.museoalfaromeo.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *[Pier Ugo e Ugo Gobbato. Due vite per l'Automobile](http://www.aisastoryauto.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Aisa-86FINALE.pdf)* by Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile.

## Literature

- Marino Parolin, *Ugo Gobbato - La leggenda di un innovatore senza epoca*, Volpago del Montello, 2009 (see [gobbatougo.it](http://www.gobbatougo.it/), the book's homepage)

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