Tom Rubython
Thomas Anthony John Rubython, born 22 August 1955, is a British author and publisher with a focus on business and motor racing. He founded and published a range of magazines, including Marketeer, Amusement Business, LeisureWeek, BusinessAge, Sunday Business, EuroBusiness, Formula 1 Magazine, BusinessF1, and SportsPro.
Rubython has written nine books, including biographies of Ayrton Senna, Tony O’Reilly, James Hunt, Richard Burton, Jesse Livermore, and Barry White. He also authored two non-fiction motor racing books, In The Name Of Glory and Fatal Weekend. His book Shunt inspired Ron Howard’s film Rush. He has published various yearbooks and annuals, such as the Leisure Industry Yearbook, Offshore Finance Annual, Formula One Annual, and the Formula One Black Book.
In 2020, he relaunched BusinessF1 magazine. He has interviewed many famous figures, from Donald Trump to Tony Blair. Rubython is known for a controversial journalism career and is reputed to have been sued for libel more times than any other British journalist, with cases involving Sir Alan Sugar, Tony Ryan, George Walker, Max Mosley, Bernie Ecclestone, Ken Bates, and Kelvin Mackenzie. Most lawsuits were settled; he lost one to Tony Purnell and won against Richard Woods.
In politics, he briefly dabbled in 2012 and stood for UKIP in Northampton North at the 2015 General Election, receiving 6,354 votes (16%).
On the personal side, he was a bachelor until 2013, when he married Beverley. He was among the first in the UK to clone a dog; after his cocker spaniel Daisy died in 2016, he kept this fact secret until two new cloned spaniels arrived from Seoul in 2017.
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