\nW.O. s-a n\u0103scut \u00een 1888 \u00een Londra, \u00een familia afaceristului britanic Alfred Bentley, fiind cel mai mic dintre cei nou\u0103 copii ai familiei. \u00centre 1902 \u015fi 1905 a studiat la \u015fcoala Clifton College din Bristol, la care a renun\u0163at c\u00e2nd a \u00eemplinit 16 ani pentru a munci ca ucenic inginer la c\u0103ile ferate Great Northern Railway aflate \u00een Doncaster, Yorkshire. Pentru stagiul de ucenicie de cinci ani, tat\u0103l lui a pl\u0103tit 75 de lire. A \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at acolo fiecare procedur\u0103 tehnic\u0103 folosit\u0103 at\u00e2t \u00een construirea ma\u015fin\u0103riilor, c\u00e2t \u015fi \u00een designul lor.<\/p>\n
\nDup\u0103 \u00eencheierea perioadei de ucenicie, \u015fi-a completat preg\u0103tirea cu studii teoretice de inginerie la King\u2019s College din Londra. \u00cen 1912 s-a al\u0103turat fratelui s\u0103u, Horace Miller Bentley, \u00een compania Bentley and Bentley, specializat\u0103 \u00een v\u00e2nzarea de ma\u015fini fran\u0163uze\u015fti DFP. Convins c\u0103 participarea la competi\u0163ii reprezenta cea mai bun\u0103 modalitate de a vinde ma\u015finile, O.W. Bentley a construit un set de pistoane din aliaj de aluminiu pentru motorul DFP \u015fi un arbore de distribu\u0163ie datorit\u0103 c\u0103rora a avut numeroase recorduri la Brooklands \u00een 1913 \u015fi 1914. <\/p>\n
\nDup\u0103 izbucnirea Primului R\u0103zboi Mondial, a \u00eenceput s\u0103 construiasc\u0103 \u015fi aeromotoare rotative, pe care le-au folosit \u015fi al\u0163i manufacturieri printre care \u015fi Rolls-Royce. Dup\u0103 r\u0103zboi, la \u00eenceputul anului 1919, W.O. a fondat \u00eempreun\u0103 cu fratele lui propria companie produc\u0103toare de ma\u015fini, Bentley Motors Limited, \u00een ora\u015ful Cricklewood aflat \u00een apropierea Londrei. Prima ma\u015fin\u0103 – cu un motor robust de patru cilindri \u015fi un \u015fasiu robust, Bentley-ul cu motor de trei litri – a fost testat\u0103 \u00een ianuarie 1920, iar primul Bentley construit \u00een Cricklewood a fost livrat un an mai t\u00e2rziu.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1923, ma\u015fina a c\u00e2\u015ftigat cursa de 24 de ore de la Le Mans. Aceasta a fost urmat\u0103 de un e\u015fec din cauza faptului c\u0103 Bentley Motors Limited avea dificult\u0103\u0163i financiare grave. Victoria de la Le Mans l-a convins totu\u015fi pe Woolf Barnato, afacerist \u015fi \u015fofer de curse, s\u0103 ajute Bentley Motors Limited \u00een problemele financiare. Compania a fost salvat\u0103 cu pre\u0163ul scoaterii lui W.O. Bentley din pozi\u0163ia de cofondator \u015fi prin transformarea lui \u00een angajat al companiei lui Barnato.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1931, Barnato a renun\u0163at s\u0103 finan\u0163eze compania, iar Bentley a primit un ordin de executare judec\u0103toreasc\u0103 pentru c\u0103 aceasta acumulase pierderi de 136.220 de lire. \u00cen noiembrie acela\u015fi an, Bentley a fost v\u00e2ndut c\u0103tre British Central Equitable Trust, care a v\u00e2ndut apoi compania c\u0103tre Rolls-Royce. W.O. Bentley a continuat s\u0103 lucreze \u00een cadrul companiei dup\u0103 ce aceasta a fost cump\u0103rat\u0103, dar \u00een 1935 a renun\u0163at odat\u0103 cu expirarea contractului. S-a angajat \u00een cadrul Lagonda, cump\u0103rat\u0103 de Aston Martin \u00een 1947, iar apoi s-a angajat la Armstrong Siddeley, unde a lucrat p\u00e2n\u0103 la pensionare.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen prezent, Bentley Motors Limited este o subsidiar\u0103 a produc\u0103torului german de automobile Volkswagen \u015fi a raportat venituri de circa 1,4 miliarde de lire sterline \u00een 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Walter Owen Bentley, cunoscut drept W.O. Bentley sau W.O., este creatorul prestigiosului brand care \u00eei poart\u0103 numele. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3850],"tags":[273,7848,8146,7179,272,314,553,470,207,12825,4669,32766,32831,274,6569,7251,7060,5255,17470,7606,9989,4878],"class_list":["post-106911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lideri","tag-angajare","tag-aniversare","tag-bentley","tag-brand","tag-companie","tag-construire","tag-copii","tag-cumparare","tag-design","tag-drept","tag-familie","tag-folosire","tag-frate","tag-incepere","tag-londra","tag-marea-britanie","tag-masina","tag-masini","tag-motor","tag-munca","tag-renuntare","tag-vanzare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}