1. Zakary Challen Brown was born on November 7,1971 and is an American businessman and former professional racing driver, currently residing in England.
21 Facts About Zak Brown
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Zak Brown is the chief executive officer of McLaren Racing.
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Zak Brown co-founded and co-owns United Autosports, a professional team competing in international sportscar racing and various historic racing events around the world.
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Zak Brown was the non-executive chairman of Motorsport Network, a global market-leading motorsport and automotive digital platform, between 2016 and 2019.
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Zak Brown has been recognised by a range of industry bodies and publications, including the Paddock Magazine F1 Power List and his induction into the Sports Business Journal "Forty Under 40" Hall of Fame, where he was listed three times.
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Zak Brown was named Promo Marketer of the Year by PROMO Magazine, and Just Marketing, Inc, a motorsports marketing agency founded by Brown in 1995, has appeared five times in Inc Magazine "Inc 500" annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States.
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Zak Brown began his racing career in karting in 1986, winning 22 races in five seasons from 1986 to 1990.
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Zak Brown moved to Europe where his first win was in Formula Ford 1600 at England's Donington Park.
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Zak Brown has competed on both sides of the Atlantic, contesting North America's Toyota Atlantic Series in addition to the Formula Opel-Lotus Benelux Series and 1994 British Formula Three Championship.
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Zak Brown made his Indy Lights debut at Laguna Seca in 1995 and competed in a German Formula Three Championship race in 1996.
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In 1997, Zak Brown finished second in the GT2 category in the 24 Hours at Daytona with Roock Racing in a factory-supported Porsche 911 GT2.
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Zak Brown finished second in the 1997 12 Hours of Sebring.
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Zak Brown took a sabbatical from professional racing between 2001 and 2005 to concentrate on JMI, his motorsport marketing business.
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In 2013, JMI was acquired by CSM, a division of Chime Communications Limited, and Zak Brown became the company's CEO.
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Zak Brown relinquished that position in the winter of 2016 to focus on his responsibilities with McLaren.
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When McLaren formed its own Extreme E program in 2022, Zak Brown stressed he was a "silent partner" in Andretti United XE and that he would exclusively focus on McLaren.
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On November 21,2016, Zak Brown was announced as executive director of McLaren Technology Group.
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Zak Brown is Jewish and was raised in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA.
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Zak Brown is married and has two sons, McGuire and Maxwell, and lives in Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Zak Brown has tattoos of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and Miami International Autodrome, after Daniel Ricciardo's win at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix and Lando Norris' win at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.
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Zak Brown is an avid collector of historical documents and sporting memorabilia, as well as both road and racing cars.