| Michael Wainwright | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mike_Wainwright_Trafigura_COO.jpg) Mike Wainwright as COO of Trafigura | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 25 July 1973 Worcester, United Kingdom |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | GR Racing |
| Racing licence | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:FIA_Bronze_Driver.png){kind=small} FIA Bronze |
| Car number | 86 |
| Former teams | Gulf Racing |
| Starts | 44 (44 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 7th in 2016, 2017, 2018–19 |
Michael Stuart Wainwright[1] (born 25 July 1973) is a British racing driver and oil businessman who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for GR Racing.[2]
He made his professional career at oil trading company Trafigura from 1996 to 2023. Being the protégé of the company's founder Claude Dauphin,[3] he ultimately served as COO of the group based in Geneva. He is listed among the 300 wealthiest individuals of Switzerland, with an estimated fortune of 300-400 millions swiss francs.[4] In 2022, following a very profitable year on the oil market following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he acquired a property in Geneva for 49.5 million swiss francs.[5]
In December 2023, Wainwright was charged by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court and the US Department of Justice over allegations of bribing public officials in Angola and Brazil, together with two other individuals.
- ^ "Michael Stuart WAINWRIGHT". Companies House. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Michael Wainwright". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Bribery Case Snares Man Who Held Trafigura's Secrets and Purse Strings". Bloomberg.com. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "300 plus riches – Michael Wainwright". Bilan (in French). 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "A Genève, un pétrolier s'offre une villa à 50 millions - Le Temps" (in French). 2022-11-14. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2024-03-21.