Bernie ecclestone biography tom bower
Bower explores the life of mr Eccleston on many levels and pulls no punches.!
Bower allows Ecclestone to emerge as the victim, the great manipulator caught, helpless and humiliated, in a net of politicians' lies.
Bernie Ecclestone
British business magnate (born 1930)
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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",[a] Ecclestone founded the Formula One Group in 1987,[b] controlling the commercial rights to Formula One until 2017.
Born in Suffolk and raised in Bexleyheath, Ecclestone began his business career trading automotive 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. Eccle