Zach Brown is known to be the standout face of the McLaren Formula 1 team. The American businessman does not play the team leader there, but rather the CEO. He is responsible for company, team decisions, strategic considerations, marketing, and performance. Lots of assignments, but who is Zach Brown anyway?

Zach, also known as Zachary Chal Brown – as his passport says – was born on November 7, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, where he grew up. Today that makes him 49 years old. You might not be saying that these days, but Zach has been a professional racing driver for many years. He has traveled the world for at least ten years to compete in all kinds of championships, but he decided in 1995 that he also wanted to work in the business world behind motorsport.

Zach’s racing career started in karting and debuted in 1986. He won a total of 22 races, then crossed over to Europe in 1990. Here he entered the Ford Formula One 1600. Over the years, he also participated in many different racing classes. For example, in 1997 it took second place in the GT2 class in the Daytona 24 Hours, a very prestigious race in the United States.

Two years earlier, in 1995, Zak founded Just Marketing International. Good move, as this company has grown to be the world’s largest motorsport marketing agency. Not a young player. Between 2001 and 2005, he took time off racing in order to focus completely on the company. In 2009, he co-founded United Autosports with Richard Dean: today it is one of the largest racing teams in the UK. They are also restoring historic sports cars and Formula 1 cars that are used to participate in exhibitions.

While he was making great strides in the business world, Zak was also regularly behind the wheel. Over the years, he participated in several GT and endurance races. In 2013, he participated in the British GT Championship for a full season. In the same year, CMS, a division of Chime Communications Limited, acquired its company, Just Marketing International. Zack was assigned the role of CEO, but he quit these duties in 2016. He joined McLaren Racing as CEO.

He was appointed CEO in 2018, after the team made a number of personnel changes. Since then, Zach has been doing well for the British racing team. Under his rule, McLaren is back on the right track after a number of humble seasons. The racing team claimed two podium spots in 2020 and has bigger plans for the upcoming season.

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