Bernard Ecclestone & family

Net worth over time

Biography

• Bernie Ecclestone took Formula One from a niche racing competition to a global phenomenon over a four-decade career.
• The man dubbed "F1 Supremo" by the British tabloids finally gave up the helm in 2017, when Liberty Media bought F1 for $4.4 billion.
• Son of a trawler captain, he built one of the U.K.'s largest used car dealerships after World War II then bought the Brabham racing team in 1971.
• Ecclestone eventually took control of F1's governance and lorded over the business despite selling most of his stake in the late 1990s.
• He pled guilty to fraud after hiding around $530 million in a trust in Singapore; Ecclestone agreed to a settlement of $802 million.
• Ecclestone met former model Slavica, who was his wife for 24 years until their 2009 divorce, while jetting from race to race in the 1980s.
• Ecclestone's fortune includes cash held in trusts for his ex-wife and the couple's daughters, socialites Petra and Tamara.

Financial assets