ERNESTO GISMONDI
Born in Sanremo on December 25, 1931, Ernesto Gismondi obtained a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan and subsequently obtained a degree in Missile Engineering in Rome. From the early 1960s he devoted himself to the design and production of Lighting Fixtures, founding Artemide S.a.s. with the designer Sergio Mazza, from which the Artemide Group will develop. In 2008 he received the Ernst & Young Award The Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 for the Innovation category, in addition to the prestigious nomination as a Cavaliere del Lavoro awarded by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.
