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Zakary Challen Brown (born November 7, 1971) is an American businessman and former professional racing driver, currently residing in England. He is the Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Racing. Born and raised in California, Brown raced professionally around the world for ten years before developing his skills in motorsport's business and commercial worlds.
Brown co-founded and co-owns United Autosports, a professional team competing in international sportscar racing and various historic racing events around the world. Through United, he co-owns Supercars Championship team Walkinshaw Andretti United alongside Michael Andretti and Ryan Walkinshaw, as well as Extreme E's Andretti United XE and McLaren XE. He was the non-executive chairman of Motorsport Network, a global market-leading motorsport and automotive digital platform, between 2016-19.Brown has been recognised by a range of industry bodies and publications, including the Paddock Magazine F1 Power List and his induction into the Sports Business Journal "Forty Under 40" Hall of Fame, where he has been listed three times. He was named Promo Marketer of the Year by PROMO Magazine, and JMI has appeared five times in Inc. Magazine's "Inc 500" annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States.