Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
60. Matteo Bonciani
Age Unknown Occupation F1 Head of Communications at FIA Nationality Italian Position Last Year 68 Appointed in December 2010, Matteo Bonciani was handed these responsibilities by FIA president Jean Todt himself, in a move which evolved beyond the structure of…
51. Jenson Button MBE
Age 35 Occupation Driver, McLaren F1 Nationality English Position Last Year 59 In 2009 Jenson Button became the most talked-about sports personality in the world when he won the F1 World Championship with Brawn GP, having taken a 50% pay…
34. Mohamed Badawy Al-Husseiny
Age Unknown Occupation CEO Nationality Emirati Position Last Year 38 Not much is known about the guarded CEO of Aabar, Mohamed Badawy Al-Husseiny, but the relatively new company has been a virtual treasury for the Abu Dhabi government since the…
32. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum
Age 56 Occupation Chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline & Group Nationality Emirati Position Last Year 35 Shaikh Ahmed was appointed President of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) – the governing body that oversaw the activities of Dubai…
36. H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak
Age 39 Occupation CEO, Mubadala Development Nationality Emirati Position Last Year 39 One of the most trusted advisers to H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak is a highly respected…
48. Fernando Alonso
Age 33 Occupation Driver, McLaren F1 Nationality Spanish Position Last Year 55 Fernando Alonso is best known as the man who brought Formula 1 to Spain. Alonso held the record for the youngest driver to win the Formula 1 World…
47. Sebastian Vettel
Age 27 Occupation Driver, Ferrari F1 Team Nationality German Position Last Year 52 A charismatic and humorous young German, Vettel is a prodigy of Dr Helmut Marko, Red Bull Racing’s talent scout. He has been with the energy drink company…
38. Zak Brown
Age 43 Occupation CEO of Just Marketing International (JMI) Nationality American Position Last Year 59 Racing driver, turned motorsport sponsorship guru, Zak Brown is the CEO of Just Marketing International. He has a self-confessed knack for brokering huge deals as…
46. James Hogan
Age 58 Occupation President and CEO, Etihad Airways Nationality Australian Position Last Year 48 Having spent over a decade in the airline business, Hogan has the enviable accolade of transforming Bahrain’s Gulf Air from a loss-maker to profitability in three…
39. Mahmood al Kooheji
Age Unknown Occupation CEO of Mumtalakat Nationality Bahraini Position Last Year 42 CEO of Bahrain’s $9bn sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat, Mahmood has an M.B.A. from the Henley College of Management, Brunel University and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from…
44. Michel Boeri
Age Unknown Occupation President, Automobile Club de Monaco Nationality Monégasque Position Last Year 48 Aside from his roles as President of the ACM, Michel Boeri is also the President of the FIA’s Senate and Vice- President of the World Motor…
41. Julian Jakobi
Age 64 Occupation Chairman of CSS Stellar Group Nationality English Position Last Year 45 He epitomised the phrase “middle-man”, working as an adviser for both Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna during a time when the two were at loggerheads,…
