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Eddie Jordan
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Irish motorsport executive and broadcaster (1948–2025)
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Eddie Jordan, born Edmund Patrick Jordan in Dublin in 1948, was an Irish businessperson, sports commentator, writer, and racing automobile driver. A native speaker of Irish and English, he worked for BBC Sport and the BBC. He was the owner of Jordan Grand Prix and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Jordan authored four works, including *An Independent Man*, *If A Towerhouse Could Talk*, *Independent Man*, and *A Year in the Life of Jordan*. He had four children. He died in Cape Town on March 20, 2025, from natural causes due to prostate and bladder cancer.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- An Independent Man
- If A Towerhouse Could Talk
- Independent Man
- A Year in the Life of Jordan
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Key facts
- Born
- Edmund Patrick Jordan , ( 1948-03-30 ) 30 March 1948, Dublin , Ireland
- Died
- 20 March 2025 (2025-03-20) (aged 76), Cape Town , South Africa
- Education
- Synge Street CBS
- Occupations
- Motorsport executive broadcaster racing driver businessman
- Employers
- International F3000 Eddie Jordan Racing ( 1985 – 1991 ) Formula One Jordan ( 1991 – 2005 )
- Title
- Founder Team Principal
- Spouse
- Marie McCarthy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 )
- Teams
- EMKA
- Best finish
- DNF ( 1981 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Family name
- Jordan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Cape Town
- Occupation
- chief executive officer
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Irish
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Field of work
- entrepreneur
- Sport
- auto racing
- Official website
- www.eddiejordan.com
- Image
- Eddie Jordan 2017 United States GP .jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- Eddie Jordan
- date of birth
- 1948-03-30
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- Eddie Jordan
- different from
- Eddie Jordan
- date of death
- 2025-03-20
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Eddie Jordan
- birth name
- Edmund Patrick Jordan
- owner of
- Jordan Grand Prix
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- medical condition
- alopecia
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Edmund Patrick Jordan (30 March 1948 – 20 March 2025) was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From 1991 to 2005, Jordan served as founder and team principal of Jordan in Formula One.
Born in Dublin, Jordan initially worked at the Bank of Ireland before he began kart racing aged 22, winning the Irish championship the following year and progressing to lower formulae. Between 1974 and 1979, he competed in Irish Formula Ford, Formula Three, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two. In 1979, he founded the eponymous Eddie Jordan Racing, who competed in International Formula 3000 from 1985 to 1991.
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