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Bernie Ecclestone

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Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is a British business magnate, motorsport executive and former racing driver. Widely known in journalism as the "F1 Supremo", Ecclestone founded the Formula One Group in 1987, controlling the commercial rights to Formula One until 2017. Born in Suffolk and raised in Bexleyheath, Ecclestone began his business career trading motorcycle parts after World War II. He started racing in Formula Three in 1949, winning multiple races at Brands Hatch driving a Cooper Mk V. After purchasing two Connaught chassis in 1958, Ecclestone entered the Monaco and British Grands Prix in Formula One as a privateer, but did not qualify at either. He then became a driver manager for Stuart Lewis-Evans and Jochen Rindt, the latter winning the World Drivers' Championship posthumously in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernie Ecclestone is the 81st most popular businessperson (down from 70th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 468th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Businessperson.

Bernie Ecclestone is most famous for being the founder and CEO of Formula One Group, which is the company that runs Formula One racing.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 81 out of 847. Before him are Henri Nestlé, Richard Branson, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Larry Fink, Flavio Briatore, and Robert Kardashian. After him are David Koch, Ray Kroc, Ron Dennis, Kiichiro Toyoda, Andrew Tate, and Mohamed Al-Fayed.

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Among people born in 1930, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 52. Before him are Pat Robertson, Joanne Woodward, Harold Pinter, Immanuel Wallerstein, Gary Becker, and Gylmar dos Santos Neves. After him are Akira Suzuki, Biljana Plavšić, Tippi Hedren, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lorin Maazel, and Félix Guattari.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 629 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Renfrew (1937), Isaac Barrow (1631), Donald Winnicott (1896), Daniel Craig (1968), James Parkinson (1755), and A. A. Milne (1882). After him are G. H. Hardy (1877), Brook Taylor (1685), William Godwin (1756), Gerald Gardner (1884), Trevor Howard (1913), and Daphne du Maurier (1907).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 5. Before him are Cecil Rhodes (1853), Frank Williams (1942), Andrew Carnegie (1835), and Richard Branson (1950). After him are Ron Dennis (1947), Stanley Rous (1895), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Brian Epstein (1934), Thomas Cook (1808), and John McAfee (1945).

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