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Zak Brown

πŸ‘€ Speaker
942 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

2016, who did a wonderful job.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Chase actually used to be my client at DirecTV, so he was someone I knew.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

I didn't know very well because he was the big boss at DirecTV.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Eric Shanks was also there, who's now the CEO of Fox Sports.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Yeah.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

One of the owners of IndyCards, a very small world.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Derek Chang was there.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

He was on the programming side.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

So I knew all those guys.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

And very flattering.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

I actually thought I was going to go there.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

And then the McLaren opportunity presented itself.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

And, you know, I'd been talking to Ron.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Yeah.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

But the role Ron was offering wasn't as exciting as the Formula One opportunity.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Right.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

But then when the shareholders... So this was Mansour, was it?

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Mansour and Sheikh Mohammed, and they all divorced, and Ron ended up leaving the company, and then I was presented with something that was more exciting than the Formula One opportunity.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Formula One was an unbelievable opportunity, but the thing I liked about McLaren is I like to race.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

And so I want to be when the lights go out.