Banker Gerhard Gribkowsky may have taken a $50 million kickback for engineering the sale of Formula One, the world’s most-watched motor sport, German prosecutors say. Who paid that suspected bribe, they aren’t saying.
That mystery has thrown a spotlight on the partnership between 80-year-old Formula One Management Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Bernie Ecclestone, a fixture of London’s tabloids, and the company’s buyer, CVC Capital Partners Ltd., one of Europe’s largest and most-private buyout firms. The case is also reviving the anger of media mogul Leo Kirch, who says the racing company he once owned was sold on the cheap. Meanwhile, Gribkowsky sits in a German prison that held Adolf Hitler  … Details
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