Business F1 Top 20 Petrolheads: Bruce McCaw, A Brother With A Passion

In the 1960s, John McCaw Senior had the vision of entering the cable TV business and hiring all four of his sons, Bruce, Craig, John and Keith, as salesmen. The business went well and the company expanded massively. After their father's death in 1969, the four talented brothers, had an even better vision under Craig's leadership: Entering the up and coming mobile phone market. They built a mobile phone network called McCaw Cellular. It was a big success and in 1994 AT&T bought it, paying around $12.6 billion to the family. It was time to have a little fun and the story of the McCaw Collection began. Or rather of the three McCaw collections because Bruce, Craig and John Jr. made their very own collection of which they are still jealous to this day. If they would combine them, they would rank by far first among the world's greatest collectors.

In The Key's rankings, Bruce McCaw is ranked first among the three and also founded his own IndyCar team, called PacWest Racing, which competed in the C.A.R.T. during the series' peak years. 1997 was a very successful year with four victories. The team eventually collapsed during the 2002 season and Bruce returned to the business of collecting cars. It is impossible to adequately describe McCaw's collection, as he owns an incredible number of iconic and significant cars. The pride of his collection is one of the world's 36 Ferrari 250 GTOs. It has repeatedly been the most expensive car in the world when it was auctioned, selling for up to $60-70 million. McCaw's light green model was previously owned by Sir Stirling Moss, who must have regretted selling it many times. Moss had a strong connection with the car, had tested the original prototype and even raced it.