Giovanni Agusta

Count Giovanni Agusta was an italian entrepreneur and aircraft pioneer. He formed the Agusta company in 1923 which became part of AgustaWestland in 2000. He died in 1927. His son, Count Domenico Agusta, followed in the family business, Agusta. The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company at the end of the Second World War as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm.