No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone gehört wohl zu den kontroversesten Personen der Formel 1. Aus ärmsten Verhältnissen stammend, hat er es im Laufe seiner Karriere geschafft, ein Vermögen anzuhäufen. Die einzigartige Geschichte eines einfachen, doch getriebenen Mannes und ein Einblick in die Welt des kommerziellen Sportes.

Informationen zum Autor Tom Bower is an investigative historian! broadcaster and journalist. A former producer and reporter for BBC Television for 25 years! he is the author of nineteen books! including biographies of Robert Maxwell! Mohamed Fayed! Gordon Brown! Richard Branson! Conrad Black and! more recently! Bernie Ecclestone! a Sunday Times bestseller and Simon Cowell. He lives in London. Klappentext A biography of Bernie Ecclestone, the international Formula One tycoon. Now 79, Ecclestone's success has not just been to create a multi-billion pound global business, but to resist repeated attempts to snatch it from his control. But he's never revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars to becoming the major player he is today. Until now, as he's told all to biographer Bower, and given him access to all his friends and enemies. No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone is Tom Bower's bestselling biography of the international Formula One tycoon. Zusammenfassung 'I'm no angel.' Bernie Ecclestone Born into poverty, Bernie Ecclestone has made himself a billionaire by developing the world's second most popular sport - Formula One racing. Private, mysterious and some say sinister, the eighty-year-old criss-crosses the globe in his private jet, mixing with celebrities, statesmen and sporting heroes. His success is not just in creating a multibillion-pound global business but in resisting repeated attempts to snatch the glittering prize from his control. Ecclestone has never before revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars in London's notorious Warren Street to become the major player he is today. He has finally decided to reveal his secrets: the deals, the marriages, the disasters and the successes in Formula One racing, in Downing Street, in casinos, on yachts and in the air. Surprisingly, he has granted access to his inner circle to Tom Bower, described by Ecclestone as 'The Undertaker' - the man who buries reputations - and has given him access to all his friends and enemies. All have been told by Ecclestone, 'Tell him the truth, good or bad.' No Angel is a classic rags-to-riches story, the unique portrayal of a unique man and an intriguing insight into Formula One racing, business and the human spirit. Tom Bower is the author of nineteen books, including biographies of Robert Maxwell, Mohamed Fayed, Gordon Brown, Richard Branson, Conrad Black and more recently, Simon Cowell. ...

Vorwort
No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone is Tom Bower's bestselling biography of the international Formula One tycoon.

Autorentext
Tom Bower is an investigative historian, broadcaster and journalist. A former producer and reporter for BBC Television for 25 years, he is the author of nineteen books, including biographies of Robert Maxwell, Mohamed Fayed, Gordon Brown, Richard Branson, Conrad Black and, more recently, Bernie Ecclestone, a Sunday Times bestseller and Simon Cowell. He lives in London.

Klappentext

A biography of Bernie Ecclestone, the international Formula One tycoon. Now 79, Ecclestone's success has not just been to create a multi-billion pound global business, but to resist repeated attempts to snatch it from his control. But he's never revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars to becoming the major player he is today. Until now, as he's told all to biographer Bower, and given him access to all his friends and enemies.

Zusammenfassung
'I'm no angel.' Bernie Ecclestone Born into poverty, Bernie Ecclestone has made himself a billionaire by developing the world's second most popular sport - Formula One racing.