Toto Wolff

Toto Wolff, born Torger Christian Wolff in Vienna on 12 January 1972, is an Austrian motorsport executive and investor who also raced competitively earlier in life. Since 2013 he has been team principal, chief executive and co-owner of the Mercedes Formula One team, which won eight consecutive constructors championships from 2014 to 2021 under his leadership. Before that he built a career in finance, founding the investment companies Marchfifteen in 1998 and Marchsixteen in 2004, first aimed at internet and technology businesses and then at medium-sized industrial and listed companies, among them a stake in the German firm HWA AG that he took in 2006 and floated in 2007. He bought into the Williams Formula One team in 2009, became its executive director in 2012 and moved to Mercedes in 2013, taking over coordination of the manufacturers motorsport activities. He also served as director and chief executive of the Mercedes-EQ Formula E team until its sale to McLaren, and in 2020 held a small stake in Aston Martin Lagonda.