Author(s): Tom Bower

March Highlights 2011

Formula One tycoon 79 year-old Bernie Ecclestone criss-crosses the globe in his private jet, mixing with celebrities, statesmen and sporting heroes. His success has not just been to create a multi-billion dollar global business but to resist repeated attempts to snatch the glittering prize from his control. He has never before revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars to become the major player he is today. Finally, he has decided to reveal his secrets: the deals, the marriages, the disasters and the successes on race tracks, in Downing Street, in casinos, on yachts and in the air.