Tonino Lamborghini is born in Cento, Ferrara, on October 13, 1947, and is the heir of the Lamborghini dynasty, a family famous for having created an industrial empire in the mechanical and engineering fields between the 50s and 80s.
Tonino Lamborghini founds the Tonino Lamborghini Style and Accessories company where the Ferruccio Lamborghini Museum now resides, in Funo di Argelato, Bologna.The first branded watch, eyewear and leather goods collections are designed and sold.
Tonino Lamborghini promotes his new label worldwide addressing an international clientele who has a passion for Italian manufactured art and style.
Tonino Lamborghini launches its first stores in Rome, London and Hong Kong.
Tonino Lamborghini becomes a lifestyle brand with an ever-growing range of luxury accessories ranging from watches to furnishings, from jewellery to fragrances and apparel.
Tonino Lamborghini founds Officina Gastronomica srl to advertise Italian food delicacies the world over. The company starts to produce and distribute all over Europe multiple trademarks of the Italian culinary culture such as coffee, wine, pasta, sauces, oil and balsamic vinegar.
Tonino Lamborghini establishes the TLR Srl company to produce golf carts and utility cars dedicated to exclusive networks such as golf clubs, airports and stations. The brand Town Life Spa is registered the same year and makes the first city cars, electric vehicles that run on diesel and gas.
Tonino Lamborghini’s new headquarters become the Palazzo del Vignola, a villa of the sixteenth century in Funo of Argelato planned by Jacopo Barozzi, an architect also known as “the Vignola.”
The Food & Beverage initiative kick starts the international hospitality project that begins with the creation of a network of cafés and restaurants branded Tonino Lamborghini. The first Tonino Lamborghini restaurant opens in Cairo, Egypt. More cafés will follow in Italy and abroad.
The brand expands all over the world and, in China, Hong Kong and Macao, it opens around one hundred stores including corner, shop-in-shop and flagship stores.
The first Spyder watch collection is presented: a model created with the support of Centro Stile and inspired by the unmistakable shield, emblem of the family that encloses the famous raging Miura Bull. Today, the Spyder is the icon-watch of Tonino Lamborghini’s Swiss Watch collection.
The first exclusive and original recipe for Tonino Lamborghini’s Energy Drink is finalized: the new energizing beverage is presented in Italy and later in Europe.
The Tonino Lamborghini company celebrates 30 years of business and becomes S.p.a.
The first Tonino Lamborghini 5-star hotel opens in China: the Boutique Hotel in Suzhou, in collaboration with the JHM partner.
The company introduces its first Tonino Lamborghini smartphone: Antares. In China, the second 5-star hotel is inaugurated: the City Center Hotel in Kunshan.
The Tonino Lamborghini Lakeside Hotel in Huangshi, China, opens.
The new watches collection and latest smartphones are presented at Baselworld2014 along with the launch of the new e-commerce platform which combines the brand's creativity and design with a unique shopping experience.
Ferruccio Lamborghini becomes part of the Tonino Lamborghini marketing department.
Ferruccio Lamborghini is nominated vice-president of Tonino Lamborghini Spa.
A new flagship is inaugurated inside “Starfield Hanam”, South Korea's largest shopping complex, where the brand is getting ready to launch a line of IoT accessories with Dasan Networks, Korea's leading IT solution provider.
Ferruccio Lamborghini presents his first line of electric scooters in South Korea. The new Alpha One smartphone is officially introduced in Moscow, Shanghai and Dubai, and will later be sold in the rest of the world.
In Seoul, South Korea, vice-president Ferruccio Lamborghini signs the new joint venture TL International Inc. with Nam Min Woo, president of DASAN Invest co. Ltd., for the production of branded Tonino Lamborghini tech accessories. Ferruccio Lamborghini is nominated CEO of Tonino Lamborghini Spa and officially becomes a member of the board of directors of TL International Inc.
The Art Glass collection is born in co-branding with the historic Italian company Venini. Vases, lamps and spectacular chandeliers reinterpret the mechanical heritage of the Tonino Lamborghini brand through glass processing techniques.
Ferruccio Lamborghini, CEO and Vice-President, presents the new Swiss Watches collection comprising of 8 new high-performing automatic and quartz models.
The Hospitality project is enriched by a new branded building: Tonino Lamborghini Residences Balneário Camboriú, the first in Brazil. The founder Tonino Lamborghini and the president Tatiana Cequinel, of the local partner company Embraed, officially sign the agreement for the construction of the new tower.
The first monobrand store opens in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace's Appian Way where the new GINEVRA women's fragrance line is presented in its two versions, White and Black.
Three new residential project have been presented: Tonino Lamborghini Apartments San Paolo, a building with 27 floors and 114 luxury apartments, the Tonino Lamborghini Convention Center in Sharm El Sheikh and the Tonino Lamborghini Residences in New Capital Cairo.The Tonino Lamborghini Towers project in Chengdu is headed towards its completion. The latest generation building blends visual elements of Chinese and Italian design: a tribute to two cultures, both with ancient traditions, for a highly scenic result.
The company celebrates the fortieth anniversary of its foundation with the exclusive book "Over The Years: 1981-2021", a look back at its most iconic projects and the objectives pursued in the name of an entrepreneurial and Italian personality.
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