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Enzo Ferrari was born in on 18 February 1898 in the small town of Modena, Italy. He was born to a manufacturer called Alfredo Ferrari and grew up in Modena without any formal education.
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He had a passion for race cars and race car driving since a very early age in his life and decided that he wanted to be a racing driver at the tender age of 10
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In 1914, Ferrari started working as a teacher at the Lathe Operator School in the Modena fire brigade’s workshop.
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In 1919, Enzo started working with a company called Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali, in Milan, as a test driver. But soon he was promoted to the post of a racing driver.
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In the same year, he drove his first race in the Parma-Poggio di Berceto uphill race. He stood at the 4th position in the race. He participated in another race in the same year, the Targa Florio race but could not really achieve any great success in that too because of a problem with the fuel tank.
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In 1920, he participated in the Targa Florio car race yet again, drove an Alfa Romeo, and stood at the second position. This win was the beginning of his 20-year experience with Alfa Romeo where he first worked as a test driver, then racing driver, then sales staff member and ultimately the head of Alfa-Corse team.
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In 1929, he formed the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix racing team, and it was the racing team for Alfa Romeo.
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In 1933, due to financial constraints, Alfa stopped its association with Scuderia Ferrai. Alfa took control of its racing efforts in 1937 once again, and Ferrari was reduced to mere Director of Sports.
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After leaving Alfa Romeo, Enzo Ferrari had to give up the business use of his name for four years, so the first car designed and manufactured by his company had to be called Auto-Avio Costruzioni 815. With it, the newcomer Alberto Ascari won the Mille Miglia from 1940.
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Ferrari won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time at the hands of Luigi Chinetti and Lord Selsdon, who drove a private 166 MM to victory in the brand's debut in this race. It would be followed by another eight victories in the most famous race in the world, the last of them in 1965.
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In 1969, Ferrari sold 50% of its shares to Fiat but Enzo Ferrari remained 100% in control of the racing endeavors. This offer was first made to Ford but Ferrari did not go forward with it, knowing that he would not be able to remain in control of the important decisions if he will involve Ford with his company.
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In 1982, Ferrari made sturdy cars and chose world-class drivers. Although Ferrari remained involved with Scuderia until his death but there were not anymore championships for Ferrari
