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Greg Mafey

Disciplines:
corporate leadership
media/media conglomeration
sports/sports ownership

Summary

American media executive and CEO of Liberty Media who orchestrated the $8 billion acquisition of Formula 1 from CVC Capital in 2016 and modernized the sport's digital and American market strategy.

Core Contribution

Led the Formula 1 acquisition and replacement of Bernie Ecclestone with a modern media company infrastructure — digital presence, US expansion, the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Drive to Survive — transforming F1 into a growth business after decades of commercial stagnation.

Historical Influences

John Malone

Intellectual Lineage

American Media Conglomerate Tradition John Malone Liberty Media Empire

Contemporaries & Peers

Bernie Ecclestone Chase Carey

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Liberty Media F1 strategyLas Vegas Grand Prix

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