Bernie Ecclestone Net Worth: How Did Bernie Ecclestone Get Rich?

British billionaire, business mogul, and one-time CEO of the Formula One Group, Bernie Ecclestone, has a net worth of $3 billion.

Ecclestone became wealthy when he ventured into various businesses, including selling exotic cars to celebrities and most of all, managing Formula One motor racing.

Ecclestone controls the business rights to the game and is a co-owner of Delta Topco, the past parent company of the Formula One Group.

Because of his involvement in Formula 1, he was nicknamed the ‘F1 Supremo’.

Ecclestone was the fourth-richest person in the UK at a point when his net worth rose to $4.2 billion.

Aside from Formula One, Ecclestone once controlled the British football club Queens Park Rangers for four years.

When Was Bernie Ecclestone Born?

Ecclestone was born on October 28th of 1930 in Suffolk, England, to a fisherman father.

He became a high school dropout at age 16 and started working in a chemical laboratory.

After a while, he was offered admission to the University of Woolwich, where he studied Chemistry.