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Eddie Jordan

1948 - 2025

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Edmund Patrick Jordan (30 March 1948 – 20 March 2025) was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From 1991 to 2005, Jordan served as founder and team principal of Jordan in Formula One. Born in Dublin, Jordan initially worked at the Bank of Ireland before he began kart racing aged 22, winning the Irish championship the following year and progressing to lower formulae. Between 1974 and 1979, he competed in Irish Formula Ford, Formula Three, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Jordan is the 34th most popular businessperson (up from 398th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 149th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Eddie Jordan ranks 34 out of 847. Before him are Lee Byung-chul, Amancio Ortega, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Ludwig Erhard, P. T. Barnum, and Guccio Gucci. After him are Margaret Hamilton, Linda McMahon, Jules Rimet, Colonel Sanders, Muhammad Yunus, and Bertha Benz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Eddie Jordan ranks 17. Before him are Samuel L. Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Eckhart Tolle, John R. Bolton, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Hassan Rouhani. After him are Maurizio Gucci, Linda McMahon, Jan Palach, Jeremy Irons, Luiz Felipe Scolari, and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. Among people deceased in 2025, Eddie Jordan ranks 14. Before him are Boris Spassky, Richard Chamberlain, Val Kilmer, Brian Wilson, Sebastião Salgado, and Leo Beenhakker. After him are Khamtai Siphandon, Ágnes Keleti, Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, George E. Smith, and George Foreman.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Eddie Jordan ranks 18 out of 549. Before him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Brigid of Kildare (451), Bram Stoker (1847), Edmund Burke (1729), Michael Gambon (1940), and Francis Bacon (1909). After him are Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Pierce Brosnan (1953), and Grace O'Malley (1530).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Ireland

Among businesspeople born in Ireland, Eddie Jordan ranks 1. After him are Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Arthur Guinness (1725), Tim O'Reilly (1954), and Michael O'Leary (1961).

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