Mate Rimac founded Rimac Automobili, now Bugatti Rimac, the Croatian company with the quickest car ever made. Mate founded his company in 2009 and met a designer from General Motors in 2010. By 2011, Rimac had developed its first concept called Concept One. They aimed to produce an electric hypercar that was unlike anything ever seen.
Fast forward to today, and Rimac Automobili is now Bugatti Rimac, owning the majority of Bugatti with the rest under Volkswagen/Porsche ownership. They have successfully launched their first car, the Nevera, and also produce bikes under a sister company called Greyp Bikes. Mate has been able to develop his car for over 10 years and launch successfully, while also taking on greater responsibility with a novelty company like Bugatti. They have taken over and plan on transitioning away from the iconic W16 engine to hybrid and electric technology. As a company that specializes in electric technology, they also sell to other companies. In fact, that is where they found a lot of success while they were developing their hypercar.
From Mate Rimac, I have learned what an entrepreneur looks like. While his ultimate goal was to create a hypercar, he was able to develop his electric car technology and sell it to other companies for profit. In doing so, he was able to fund his other projects and make his dream hypercar which is now the quickest in the world. His determination and drive have found his success and he continues to develop and innovate in the hypercar space. I am excited to see what he and his company do next!
Interesting post! Mate Rimac started with a very ambition idea to create a hyper car. He shows a great example of networking, to designers and companies that can help him make his dream car, and the adjacent possible, in developing electric cars and slowly working towards making his original dream more possible.
Bugatti is one of those brands that is held to an almost impossible standard for their performance. And thanks to this man, they were able to make some of the most insane cars in the world. I enjoy the super/hypercar industry and love to see the craziness they produce. Do we need a 1500 hp car… likely not. But heck do we want it.
Mate is really innovative, working on a new technology allows him to have expertise in generating fast electric vehicles, with this it allowed him to work on major products for major companies. Amazing stuff.