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Bernie Ecclestone
Bernard Charles Ecclestone 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.
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business · British business magnate (born 1930) · Formula One driver · businessperson · entrepreneur · also Bernie Ecclestone, Bernard Charles Ecclestone, Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone, Ecclestone
Born 28 October 1930 · Q172724
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2026· 8 entries
“I have just spoken to my lawyers and they have received an indictment. It”
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“By German law, we cannot comment at this time. It could yet be a month or so before we can officially comment.”
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“They said they had hired a headhunter to find somebody in the event that I was not going to be there – if I was going to die or something.”
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“will probably be forced to get rid of me if the Germans come after me”
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“s brother Leonardo, who was attending the race, that Senna had died. Senna in fact remained biologically alive for several more hours. This misunderstanding caused a rift in the hitherto friendly relations between Ecclestone and the Senna family; although Ecclestone travelled to Sâo Paulo at the time of Senna”
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The Telegraph: Bernie Ecclestone
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Public attention spiked: 9,969 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.4× the usual 954, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 5 entries
Yahoo: Bernie Ecclestone’s Grand Prix Collection of F1 cars goes on sale
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Motor Authority: Bernie Ecclestone offloads Grand Prix and F1 car collection
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Forbes: Bernie Ecclestone To Sell Historic F1 Car Collection Worth ‘Hundreds Of Millions’
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AOL: Bernie Ecclestone's Collection of 69 Formula 1 Cars Is Up for Sale
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Road & Track: Bernie Ecclestone's Collection of 69 Historic Formula 1 Cars Is Up for Sale
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2023· 3 entries
The Guardian: Think what we could do with Bernie Ecclestone’s taxes | Brief letters
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The Guardian: From F1 supremo to tax fraud conviction: the rise and fall of Bernie Ecclestone
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The Guardian: Bernie Ecclestone given suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud
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2022· 3 entries
The Guardian: Bernie Ecclestone charged with fraud over £400m assets
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The Guardian: Former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone would 'take a bullet' for Putin – video
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The Guardian: Former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone arrested in Brazil for carrying gun
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: Lewis Hamilton ‘not quite the fighter he was’ in F1, claims Bernie Ecclestone
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: Bernie Ecclestone says black people are often 'more racist' than white people
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Became one of the oldest known fathers, aged 89
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Ecclestone's son with Flosi was born in July 2020 as he became one of the oldest known fathers.
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2019· 1 entry
The Guardian: Bernie Ecclestone: £50m jewellery raid possibly an 'inside job'
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Bernie Ecclestone urges Formula One to make bold switch to electric cars
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2017· 2 entries
Reported net worth: $2.9B (as of 2017).
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Subsequently being appointed as chairman emeritus and adviser to the board of directors until his departure in 2020
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2011· 1 entry
Faber and Faber published Tom Bower's biography No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone, which was written with Ecclestone's co-operation
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2009· 1 entry
“Sobre a crise que quase dividiu a Fórmula 1 no ano de 2009.”
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2008· 5 entries
“You know, I've got one of these wonderful ideas that women should all be dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.”
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“terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was – in the way that he could command a lot of people – able to get things done.”
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Ecclestone came under fire from several high-profile names for his handling of Formula One's revenues
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The year after Blair stepped down as Prime Minister, internal Downing Street memos revealed that the decision had been made at the time of the meeting, and not two weeks later as Blair stated in Parliament
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Slavica Ecclestone filed for divorce
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2005· 1 entry
Ecclestone sold his £9 million yacht Va Bene to his friend Eric Clapton
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2004· 2 entries
“The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. ... I am the CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, which runs the business in F1. From this point of view, I own F1.”
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“The morning after I die. And the first 12 copies go to the Inland Revenue”
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2003· 1 entry
Terry Lovell published a biography of Ecclestone, Bernie's Game: Inside the Formula One World of Bernie Ecclestone in March 2003 after legal issues had delayed its publication from its original date of November 2001.
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2002· 2 entries
And declined both a CBE and a knighthood from Elizabeth II
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Was listed as the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom on the Sunday Times Rich List
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1999· 2 entries
The European Commission investigated FIA, ISC and FOA for abusing dominant position and restricting competition
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Ecclestone remained as energetic as always in promoting his own business interests
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1997· 3 entries
Ecclestone was involved in a political controversy over the British Labour Party's policy on tobacco sponsorship
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When he negotiated the fourth Concorde Agreement: in exchange for annual payments, he maintained the television rights
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“Motor racing was a world class industry which put Britain at the hi-tech edge. Deprived of tobacco money, Formula One would move abroad at the loss of 50,000 jobs, 150,000 part-time jobs and £900 million of exports.”
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1996· 4 entries
And later turned down a knighthood in the early 2000s as he did not believe that he deserved it
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Ecclestone's International Sportsworld Communicators signed a 14-year agreement with the FIA for the exclusive broadcasting rights for 18 FIA championships
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Ecclestone turned down a CBE in 1996, and later turned down a knighthood in the early 2000s as he did not believe that he deserved it.
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Controlling the commercial rights to the World Rally Championship until 2000
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1987· 2 entries
Ecclestone and his companies also controlled the administration, setup and logistics of each Formula One Grand Prix
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Controlling the commercial rights to Formula One until 2017
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1984· 1 entry
When Slavica Radić, later his second wife, became pregnant
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1979· 1 entry
The team's first season with the up-and-coming young Brazilian Nelson Piquet when Alfa Romeo started testing its own Formula One car during that season
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1978· 2 entries
With Mosley as his legal adviser; together, they negotiated a series of legal issues with the FIA and Jean-Marie Balestre, culminating in Ecclestone's famous coup, his securing the right for FOCA to negotiate television
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Ecclestone hired Sid Watkins as official Formula One medical doctor
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1974· 2 entries
With Frank Williams, Colin Chapman, Teddy Mayer, Ken Tyrrell, and Max Mosley
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And 1975 with Carlos Reutemann and Carlos Pace
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1970· 2 entries
“Sobre a criação de um mundial feminino de Fórmula 1.”
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“Não me interessa quem pilota. Só acho que seria que seria fantástico ter uma mulher negra e judia na Fórmula 1”
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1958· 1 entry
Ecclestone entered the Monaco and British Grands Prix in Formula One as a privateer, but did not qualify at either
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1957· 1 entry
As manager of driver Stuart Lewis-Evans, and purchased two chassis from the disbanded Connaught Formula One team
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1949· 2 entries
Winning multiple races at Brands Hatch driving a Cooper Mk V
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In the 500cc Formula 3 Series, acquiring a Cooper Mk V in 1951
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-10-28.
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