Personal information | |
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Full name | Nicholas Alexander Frankl |
Nationality | British Hungarian |
Born | London, England | 26 July 1971
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, automotive journalist, Olympian |
Sport | |
Sport | Bobsleigh |
Retired | 2002 |
Nicholas Frankl OLY[1] (born 26 July 1971) is a London-born, Monaco-based serial entrepreneur, automotive journalist,[2] and former Hungarian bobsledder. He piloted[3] HUN1 in the two-man in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and in the four-man in the 1998 Nagano, Japan and 2002 Salt Lake City, USA games, respectively.
He is the founder of several businesses including My Yacht Group[4][5] a luxury events company centered around charity-focused receptions on board Superyachts;[6][7] and Entertainment MarketPlace,[8] a sponsorship and marketing company.
Frankl is the son of Margaret "June" Frankl (3 March 1941 – 28 February 2017) and Andrew Frankl, a refugee of the Hungarian revolution who fled to London in 1956, and went on to become an automotive television, radio and print journalist[9] specializing in Formula One.[10]
Frankl has been featured in several programs including "Million Pound Mega Yachts",[11] centered around the annual Monaco Yacht Show, "How'd You Get So Rich (UK)",[12] hosted by comedienne Katherine Ryan, and "Georgey Tonight", a BBC Radio show presented by Georgey Spanswick.[13] He has been featured in the New York Times[14] in an article about the Bullrun Rally and its participants, and in Austin American Statesman[15] discussing the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.