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Martin Whitmarsh

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Martin Richard Whitmarsh (born 29 April 1958) is a British businessman and Group CEO of the Aston Martin Performance Technologies team since 21 September 2021. Whitmarsh is best known to motorsport insiders, media, and fans for his long and successful period at McLaren, for which he worked for 25 years (1989–2014) in various senior positions, including group chief executive officer, as well as Formula One Team Principal for six years (2008–2014). Under his leadership, McLaren diversified its business activities beyond its core activity of Formula One, launching McLaren Automotive and McLaren Applied Technologies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Whitmarsh has received more than 279,363 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Whitmarsh is the 695th most popular businessperson (down from 553rd in 2019), the 5,499th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,440th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Martin Whitmarsh ranks 695 out of 847. Before him are Gérard Lopez, Michael Burry, Reid Hoffman, Jimmy Iovine, Lynn Hill, and Changpeng Zhao. After him are Peter Hill-Wood, Andy Jassy, Ilya Segalovich, Dorabji Tata, Harley Earl, and Tony Fernandes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Martin Whitmarsh ranks 531. Before him are André Egli, Juan Antonio Señor, Jean Charest, Antonio Di Gennaro, Rainer Hasler, and Flemming Rasmussen. After him are John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Bruce Perens, Toni Innauer, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Hrant Bagratyan, and Víctor Diogo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Whitmarsh ranks 5,499 out of 8,785. Before him are John Crome (1768), John Skelton (1460), Kevin Warwick (1954), Ronald Stretton (1930), David Hobbs (1939), and William Moseley (1987). After him are Ian Mosley (1953), Fanny Kemble (1809), John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (1958), Charles Brabin (1882), Gerry Byrne (1938), and Luke Shaw (1995).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Martin Whitmarsh ranks 53. Before him are Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Steve Jackson (1951), Heather Mills (1968), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), Ken Bates (1931), and Chris Anderson (1961). After him are Peter Hill-Wood (1936), Andrew Ng (1976), Cameron Mackintosh (1946), George Newnes (1851), Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971), and A. H. Albut (null).

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