Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing, attends the Press Conference

F1 News: From game show to McLaren CEO – Zak Brown Story

How to turn $3,050 into becoming head of a historic F1 team: the Zak Brown story

1. Win $3,050 on a game show

2. Buy a go-kart

3. Parlay that into a racing career

4. Realize you are a better salesman than a driver so you start a motorsport marketing business

5. Use the earnings from the marketing business to start a racing team

6. Bring big sponsorship to McLaren Racing, and they like what you’re doing so they eventually make you the CEO