Martin Whitmarsh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Whitmarsh
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Apr 29, 1958(1958-04-29)
Age	66
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aries

Martin Whitmarsh Biography

Martin Whitmarsh is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on April 29, 1958 in England, United Kingdom. English businessman who was the the CEO at McLaren Racing and Chairman of the Formula One Teams Association. McLaren Racing was founded in the year 2000. University of Portsmouth awarded him an distinction of an honorary Doctor of Laws in 2009.

He succeeded fellow entrepreneur He replaced fellow entrepreneur, Ron Dennis, as Team Principal of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in 2009., as Team Principal at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in 2009.

Whitmarsh graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic (now the University of Portsmouth) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1980, and started work at British Aerospace (now BAE Systems) as a structural analysis engineer at its Hamble-le-Rice facility. He was promoted to an advanced composite structures research and development role and transferred to BAe’s Weybridge facility. In 1988 he was promoted to the rank of Manufacturing Director and was put in charge of Hawk and Harrier airframe production. He left to join McLaren as Head of Operations in 1989.

In 1997, Whitmarsh was promoted to Managing Director, where he was responsible for McLaren Racing, the company’s Formula One operation. This allowed Team Principal Ron Dennis to concentrate on other aspects of the McLaren Group. In April 2004, he was again promoted, this time to the position of COO of McLaren Group.

He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Portsmouth Polytechnic University in the year 1980.

Martin Whitmarsh Net Worth

Martin Whitmarsh is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martin Whitmarsh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his work in the 1980s, as an engineer with British Aerospace (BAE Systems).

He confessed, in an interview with BBC interview during the race in 2011 Belgian Grand Prix, that the racer was blind to color.

Martin Whitmarsh (born 29 April 1958) is a British businessman and, since March 2015, the CEO of the Land Rover BAR America’s Cup team.

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Who is Martin Whitmarsh Dating?

According to our records, Martin Whitmarsh married to Debbie Whitmarsh. As of December 1, 2023, Martin Whitmarsh’s is not dating anyone.

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During the BBC coverage of free practice two of the Belgian Grand Prix in 2011, Whitmarsh explained that he was colourblind making it very hard for him to read the weather radar during races. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Portsmouth in 2009. Whitmarsh has two children.

Facts & Trivia

Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Martin Whitmarsh celebrates birthday on April 29 of every year.

Whitmarsh was the CEO of McLaren Racing, a subsidiary company of the McLaren Group and Chief Operating Officer of that group, as well as being the team principal of McLaren Mercedes. Whitmarsh was also the chairman of the Formula One Teams Association and therefore had the responsibility of representing the F1 teams’ interests, until the organisation was disbanded in 2014. In 2014, Whitmarsh was removed from his job of CEO of the McLaren Group, CEO of McLaren Racing and also removed from team principal of McLaren Mercedes. Ron Dennis replaced him in the two CEO posts and Eric Boullier replaced him as team principal of the F1 team.

Why did Martin Whitmarsh leave McLaren?

Prior to joining Aston Martin, Martin Whitmarsh didn’t want to work for another Formula 1 team as he didn’t want to race against McLaren. The former McLaren team principal and CEO is back on the F1 grid after becoming the Group CEO of the newly-created Aston Martin Performance Technologies division.

How old is Martin Whitmarsh?

64 years (April 29, 1958)

Who is CEO of Aston Martin Racing?

Aston Martin has appointed Marco Mattiacci as its global brand chief and commercial officer shortly after the departure of several established senior leaders at the UK-based firm.

Where is Martin Whitmarsh now?

Martin Whitmarsh (born 29 April 1958) is a British businessman and Group CEO of the Aston Martin Performance Technologies team since 21 September 2021.

How rich is Ron Dennis?

Net Worth: $600 Million
Date of Birth:| Jun 1, 1947 (74 years old)
Gender:| Male
Nationality:| England