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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,…
40. Hermann Tilke
Age 60 Occupation Director, Tilke GmbH Nationality German Position Last Year 44 A former touring car racer, Hermann Tilke has provided some of the most iconic racing circuits around the world thanks to a background in civil engineering and a…
33. Michael Diekmann
Age 60 Occupation CEO, Allianz SE Nationality German Position Last Year 37 CEO of, arguably, Formula 1’s most important global partner, Allianz SE, Michael Diekmann has been in the role since 2003. An essentially ruthless business leader, Diekmann reversed the…
