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Mark McVeigh's avatar

An amazing story

Lali Michelsen's avatar

Glad you enjoyed it!

Rita Magalhães's avatar

Incredible read, thank you for this!

Lali Michelsen's avatar

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

David a. Warr's avatar

Unbelievable!

Lali Michelsen's avatar

Glad you enjoyed it!

Charles P D'Amico's avatar

Great piece to read this Sunday AM

Lali Michelsen's avatar

Love to hear it!

Nikita Gentle's avatar

I was already a fan of Toto but didn't know his story. This is a great read!

Lali Michelsen's avatar

Thanks Nikita! So glad you enjoyed it!

Marshal Lamb's avatar

Awesome read and progression Lali!

Lali Michelsen's avatar

Thank you Marshal!

Stalario's avatar

Toto Wolff turned pressure into performance, that’s the real edge at the top!

Lali Michelsen's avatar

He's a legend.

Keshav Lohia's avatar

His acquisition of 33% stake in Mercedes valued at $165M will be one of the most underrated and wild sports value-building stories.

Today the stake is valued at beyond $2 billion, of which he has also done a partial sale. Absolute legend of the sport of F1 and in his own league as a man.

Lali Michelsen's avatar

It's an incredible story!

James Stawicki's avatar

Thank you for writing this up, truly inspirational!

Lali Michelsen's avatar

So kind, thank you. Happy it resonated with you!

Judah's avatar

Great read amazing story

Lali Michelsen's avatar

Thank you! Incredibly inspirational!

Situationist Rag's avatar

I am missing details of this “rags to riches” story. In no particular order: 1) the fact that the father was ill and that the family was downwardly mobile in terms of income doesn’t mean the family itself was not wealthy in terms of contacts, heritage etc. 2) if he was so poor, how did he fund initially his racing career? 3) How did he find investors in his VC fund? Not exactly easy to start a fund with no wealthy people backing. 4) how did he meet Hakkinen?