Toto Wolff
Torger Christian " Toto " Wolff (born 12 January 1972 in Vienna) is an Austrian investor and racing driver.
Racing career
Wolff began his motorsport career in 1992 in the Austrian Formula Ford in 1993 and 1994 he drove in the Austrian and German Formula Ford 1994, he was class winner at the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring. 2002 Wolff sixth in the NGT class of the FIA GT Championship and achieved a class victory. In 2003, he won a race in the GT1 class in Italy. 2004 drove Wolff together with Karl Wendlinger in the FIA GT Championship. 2006 Wolff Vice - champion in the Austrian Rally Championship and won the 24 - hour race in Dubai.
With a time of 7:03 minutes Toto Wolff presented in April 2009 with a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR on a new lap record at the Nürburgring- Nordschleife for cars without turbo unit.
Business career
In 1998, Wolff, the venture capital firm Marchfifteen and 2004 the investee March Sixteen investments. Originally, he invested about these companies in Internet and technology companies, since 2003 increasingly in industrial companies as well as medium size companies on the exchange. Current investments include among others the German HWA AG, at the Wolff as Deputy Chairman Hans- Werner Aufrecht, founder of AMG, sat by the beginning of 2013 the Supervisory Board and he has brought to the public in 2007. HWA AG cared for Mercedes DTM program, developed formula 3 engines and builds the Mercedes Benz SLS GT3 race car. Another contribution is BRR Rally Racing, which as one of the largest sellers of rally parts in Europe in 2008 with the then Red Bull Junior Andreas Aigner PWRC Rally World Champion was and 2011, Juho Hänninen as a driver could win the SWRC World Rally Championship. Furthermore, Wolff is co- owner of a sports management company with Mika Hakkinen and was involved in the management of junior racing drivers such as Bruno Spengler, Alexandre Prémat and Valtteri Bottas. In November 2009, he acquired with his March Sixteen- equity firm a minority stake in Williams F1, which he has also joined the board of the British racing team. In February 2011, Wolff Williams Grand Prix Holding PLC ( WGF1 ) became the first F1 team to go public. On January 21, 2013 were Wolff 's successor as head of motorsport Norbert Haug Mercedes. Since 2013 Wolff and his business partner Rene Berger are with 30 % stake in Mercedes GP and the Management Board, Wolff as Executive Managing Director, Berger as a Non-Executive Director.
Private
Wolff lives with his wife, the Scottish racer Susie Wolff, in Ermatingen on Lake Constance in Switzerland.