Jefferson Slack, a former marketing manager for Michael Jordan and CEO of Inter Milan has been hired by Racing Point as the team charges ahead with its mission to become one of the biggest teams Formula 1. Set to become Aston Martin's works team next year, the Silverstone outfit, owned by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, has issued a clear signal of intent with the signing of Slack to the newly-created role of Managing Director for Commercial and Marketing. Possessing a glittering resume across 30 years in the sports industry, Slack worked with Jordan when he was the most famous man in the world in the 1990s, helping the basketball superstar reach commercial heights never scaled...
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