Luciano Belviso
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Luciano Belviso | |
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| Born | 18 August 1983 |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Aerospace Engineer |
| Website | [2] |
Luciano Belviso (born August 18, 1983) is an Italian Entrepreneur, Manager and Aerospace Engineer. He is founder and CEO of Blackshape Aircraft.
Early life and education[edit]
Belviso was born in Bari where he attended the scientific lyceum. He then moved to northern Italy, Switzerland and France for his university education. Belviso holds a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, a LL.M. in space and telecommunications law from the University of Paris XI and a B.Eng in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin.
Career and interests[edit]
Belviso started his career at 23, soon after his graduation, with consultancy and academic appointments, in the field of meta-modeling techniques.
Blackshape Aircraft[edit]
In 2009, at the age of 25, Belviso founded the company Blackshape Aircraft, in Monopoli, with his friend Angelo Petrosillo as co-founder.[1][2]
The early life of the company was initially granted by a regionally funded program for youth entrepreneurship, offering €25,000 grants.[3] The company started to re-design a tandem two-seater aircraft (originally the Asso X) for the luxury market. One year later, the majority of shares were sold to the holding Angelo Investments and Blackshape became a stock company. Thanks to the capital expansion, the company started the certification of the first aircraft, named BS100 (commercial name Blackshape Prime),[3] and the serial manufacturing, gaining relevant market feedback thanks to its high-technology carbon fiber aircraft.[4][5] In 2013 the company launched a new program, the BS115, for a larger two-seater for utility operations and training. Belviso leads the company as CEO and CTO.
Affiliation[edit]
Belviso is member of the Space Generation Advisory Council in support of the United Nations Space Programme, member of the International Institute of Space Law.
Personal life[edit]
Belviso studied piano since he was 7. He later studied violin and organ. Occasionally Belviso takes part to some concerts playing or singing.[6] Besides Italian, his mothertongue, Belviso speaks English, French and German.
References[edit]
- ^ The birth of company Blackshape Aircraft - "Il Corriere della Sera", October 25, 2011
- ^ Blackshape: the "Ferrari of skies"
- ^ a b Piero Ricci, Noi, i signori degli aeroplani con i prestiti di Principi attivi, la Repubblica, 16 settembre 2011
- ^ Prime Official Website
- ^ The Blackshape Aircraft Owner Association Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roberto Di Caro, [1] Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, L'Espresso, 12 Luglio 2012