Mate Rimac
Born 1988
Founder of Rimac Automobili · CEO of Bugatti Rimac
Croatian entrepreneur who began by converting an old BMW to electric power, founded Rimac Automobili in 2009 and became CEO of Bugatti Rimac in 2021.
- Born
- 12 February 1988Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Nationality
- Croatian
Biography
Mate Rimac was born on 12 February 1988 in Livno, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a teenager he built the iGlove, a glove that replaced the keyboard and mouse. In 2006, at 18, he bought a 1984 BMW E30 323i, and when its engine failed he converted the car to electric power.
In September 2009, aged 21, he founded Rimac Automobili. The Concept One was presented at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show; its successor was introduced in 2018 as the C_Two, later named Nevera, and finished its final development and testing in 2020. Rimac attracted major investment from Porsche, Hyundai and Kia, and in 2013 he also founded the electric-bicycle maker Greyp.
On 2 November 2021 he was announced as chief executive of Bugatti Rimac. He received the Croatian Order of Danica Hrvatska in 2014 and was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2025.
Timeline
Cars
Rimac NeveraMate Rimac in 1CARS stories
- Rimac — Croatia's Electric Hypercar Maker and Bugatti Partner
- Rimac Concept One — the Croatian Electric Hypercar That Started It All
- Bugatti Tourbillon — the V16 Hybrid That Follows the Chiron
- Rimac Concept Two: From the 2018 C_Two to the Nevera Hypercar
- Bugatti: From Ettore's Molsheim Workshop to the Tourbillon
Related people
Sources
- Mate Rimac — Wikipedia · accessed 13 October 2026