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Ron Dennis

1947 - Today

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Sir Ronald Dennis (born 1 June 1947) is a British businessman and motorsport executive. From 1981 to 2009, Dennis served as team principal, CEO and co-owner of McLaren in Formula One, winning seven World Constructors' Championship titles between 1984 and 1998; he also served as founder, chairman and owner of McLaren Group between 1985 and 2017, where he founded McLaren Automotive in 2010. Dennis started his career as a mechanic, before starting successful junior formulae teams Rondel Racing and then Project Four Racing, which took over the management of the McLaren team in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Dennis has received more than 1,713,895 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Dennis is the 152nd most popular businessperson (down from 133rd in 2019), the 1,058th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 64.83

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  • 30

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  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ron Dennis ranks 152 out of 847Before him are Joe Weider, Eugène Schueller, Theodor de Bry, Lee Iacocca, Basil Zaharoff, and Vincenzo Lancia. After him are Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, John Langenus, Melitta Bentz, Henry Ford II, and Lorenzo Sanz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ron Dennis ranks 107Before him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Mitt Romney, Viktor Suvorov, Jerzy Popiełuszko, and Patrick Dewaere. After him are Marisa Berenson, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Cozy Powell, Gyanendra of Nepal, Henri Michel, and Jerzy Stuhr.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ron Dennis ranks 1,058 out of 8,785Before him are Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Inigo Jones (1573), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Reginald Pole (1500), Joseph Bell (1837), and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881). After him are George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Frank Lloyd (1886), Stephen Boyd (1931), Thomas Willis (1621), Frank Oz (1944), and William Smith (1769).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Ron Dennis ranks 11Before him are J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Richard Branson (1950), Stanley Rous (1895), Brian Epstein (1934), John McAfee (1945), and Thomas Lipton (1848). After him are Frank Williams (1942), Vidal Sassoon (1928), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), David Icke (1952), John Cockerill (1790), and Edward Cave (1691).