Thomas Flohr, the chairman and sole shareholder of Swiss-based private plane company VistaJet, just bought $8 billion worth of new planes from Bombardier Bombardier Ask him about it–the largest single transaction in the history of that aircraftmaker–and he’ll give you a matter-of-fact answer. But bring up the prospect of spending more than a week bouncing over 3,000 miles of rocks, sand, mud and grass, with snakes, lions, heatstroke and wind exposure thrown in for good measure, and he lights up. “Racing is in my fingertips,” he says over lunch in Montreal. “It’s my passion.”
The object of his passion is the East African Safari Classic Rally, which he terms … More
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