Billionaire Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has four children and shares them with three women from his three marriages. Details explored.
Bernard Ecclestone is a British business magnate.
He is the former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One motor racing and controls the commercial rights to the sport. As such, he was commonly described in journalism as the ‘F1 Supremo’.
Ecclestone headed Formula One racing and controlled the sport for for four decades from the 1970s to 2017, when he stepped down as chief executive and Liberty Media took over the series.
The wealthy sports entrepreneur who has been married to three women fathered all of his four children from his marriages. Here’s what we know about his personal life and children.
How many children does Bernie Ecclestone have?
British business magnate Bernie Ecclestone is a father and a proud one. He has four children in total; three daughters and one son.
The names of his children are Deborah Ecclestone, Tamara Ecclestone, Petra Ecclestone, and Ace Ecclestone.
He shares his kids with three women from his three marriages. The names of the mothers of his kids who are his current and ex-wives are Fabiana Flosi, Slavica Radić, and Ivy Bamford.
With his first wife, Ivy, they welcomed Deborah.
From his second marriage to model Slavica, they welcomed two daughters; Tamara and Petra/
From his current marriage to Flosi, they welcomed a son named Ace.
All of his children have successful careers
Who is Deborah Ecclestone?
Deborah Ecclestone is the first child and daughter of ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone.
She was born in 1955 and is currently 67 years old.
Bernie shares his eldest daughter Deborah with his first wife, Ivy Bamford, whom he married when he was 22 and she was 22 in 1952.
The Formula 1 boss divorced Ivy in the 60s and Deborah is said to have lived with her mother.
Deborah has preferred to stay out of the limelight, despite her famous family connection.
By profession, Deborah is said to have followed her dad into business.
It is believed she has two children of her own. However, their names and ages are unknown.
Who is Tamara Ecclestone?
Tamara Ecclestone is Bernie Ecclestone’s first child with his second wife, Slavica Radić, who Croatian former fashion model, modeling for a number of clients, including the designer Armani.
Tamara was born between 1984 and is 38 years old today.
Her father was then in a 17-year relationship with his girlfriend Tuana Tan, which ended in 1984 when Slavica, later his second wife, became pregnant. Tamara was welcomed later that year.
The heiress was educated at Francis Holland School in London and can speak English, Croatian, and Italian.
By profession, Tamara, 38, has dabbled in modeling, presenting, and reality TV.
Tamara was the presenter of Sky Sports Italia’s coverage of the 2009 Formula 1 season and went on to star in her own reality show.
In 2011 she starred in Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$$ Girl on Channel 5 and then in ITVBe’s Tamara’s World in 2017.
In between, the brunette beauty appeared nude in Playboy magazine.
She married her husband Jay Rutland in 2013, and later welcomed their daughter, Sophia, now six.
They live in a lavish £70 million mansion, a stone’s throw from Kensington Palace.
Who is Petra Ecclestone?
Petra is the youngest daughter and child between wealthy businessman Bernie Ecclestone and his former Armani model spouse, Slavica.
She was born on December 17, 1988, in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
She contracted viral meningitis at the age of 14, and said it ‘changed her life forever’ and is now ‘a health freak and a hypochondriac’.
By profession, Petra Ecclestone is a British heiress, model, fashion designer, and socialite.
At the age of 19, she created the menswear label FORM, which was sold into retailers including Harrods from October 2008.
On 27 August 2011, 1.73 meters tall Ecclestone married businessman James Stunt. She gave birth to their first child, daughter Lavinia Stunt, in February 2013.
In April 2015 she gave birth to twin boys, James Robert Fredrick Stunt Jr and Andrew Kulbir Stunt.
They divorced in 2017, and she reverted to her maiden name.
She has since welcomed her fourth child, a daughter, with fiancé Sam Palmer.
Who is Ace Ecclestone?
Ace Ecclestone is the only son of billionaire businessman Bernie Ecclestone. He shares him with his third and current wife, Fabiana Flosi.
Bernie became a father for the fourth time aged 89. At the time, his spouse was 44 years old.
On April 3, 2020, it was revealed that Bernie was set to become a dad for the fourth time at the age of 89-years-old.
Revealing the news at the time, he said: “Yes, it is due in the summer. Hopefully, he’ll learn to play backgammon soon!”
Fabiana added: “Like all parents we have only one wish: the child must be born healthy.
“Hopefully he will never express any interest in doing something in Formula 1!”
Then in July 2020, it was announced that the couple had welcomed a baby boy, who they aptly named Ace.
Bernie said in a statement: We have a son named Ace. I am so proud.”
Fabiana added: “It was all so easy. The birth was over after 25 minutes. I thank god.”
What happened to Bernie Ecclestone? The Former Formula One boss pleads guilty to fraud
On 11 July 2022, two weeks after his Good Morning Britain interview, Ecclestone was officially charged with tax fraud (“fraud by false representation”) by the Crown Prosecution Service after an examination of a file sent to the CPS by HM Revenue and Customs which reported he had failed to declare foreign assets of ₤400 million.
Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone admitted fraud at a court hearing on Thursday 12 October 2023, after prosecutors charged him with failing to declare millions of dollars held in trust in Singapore to Britain’s government.
The 92-year-old billionaire, who wore a dark suit, said “I plead guilty” at Southwark Crown Court in central London, after agreeing to pay nearly £653m in back tax and fines.
Prosecutors allege he failed to declare a trust in Singapore with a bank account containing around $650 million when he was asked about any trusts abroad that he was involved in.
They say that Ecclestone claimed he had set up “only a single trust” in favor of his three daughters and that he was “not the settler nor beneficiary of any trust in or outside the U.K.” Prosecutors say he acted “dishonestly” and intended to make a gain from the claims.
“He now accepts that some tax is due in relation to these matters,” prosecutor Richard Wright said.
Ecclestone had pleaded not guilty to the charges earlier this year.
He was sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for two years.