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Luciano Belviso

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Luciano Belviso
Born (1983-08-18) 18 August 1983 (age 41)
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Aerospace Engineer
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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

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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

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Belviso started his career at 23, soon after his graduation, with consultancy and academic appointments, in the field of meta-modeling techniques.

Blackshape Aircraft

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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

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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

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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.

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