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Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim

Sunnyvale, California....Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim is one of the owners/principals of the Formula One Team, Arrows.

Formula One, or more commonly known as F1, is the most sophisticated series in world motorsports. Formula One, pits the "so-called" best drivers from around the world against one another, incorporating the highest expression of racing technology, action, glamour, style, and prestige at famous road and street circuits from around the globe.
Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim is a Black man... A Black man who is also a prince- the son of a Nigerian King. Prince Malik, educated at a private school in England, graduated from a British military academy, and is the holder of a master's degree in marketing from the University of Southern California. I might add that I am too an alumnus of USC. I too have received a bachelor's degree in psychology and marketing."Fight On, Trojans!!!"


Young Malik (at 10)
Prince Malik, along with investment bank Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, owns 50% of the $285 million Arrows Team. Malik has invested more than $70 million into the team. He is a very clever businessman who believes that within three years Arrows F1 business will be worth $1.5 billion to $2 billion...

Prince Malik's Arrows Team is a mid-field team headed by drivers, Jos Verstappen aka "The Flying Dutchman", and Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa. The Arrows Team have acclimated themselves well in their new "Orange" car for the new 2000 season, having placed 7th and 8th respectively at last Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix at Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Yet, that he is a prince, owner of an F1 team, well-educated, articulate with a posh or pompous English accent doesn't change the color of his skin... Prince Malik was in the F1 paddock (pit area) last year at the famous German Nurburgring circuit. Malik, dressed in black pants and a black shirt with sponsors' logos was leaning against a transporter when a spectator asked him, "Which truck do you drive?" The transporter that he was leaning against was largely his... Remember the $70 million he deposited into the Arrows Team account. Malik knew the spectator who asked him that question was not being intentionally racist but...


If a white man had been wearing black pants and a black shirt with sponsors' logos and had been leaning against a transporter, would the spectator have asked him the same question?
See you at the races!!!
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  1. AnonymousFriday 21 December 2007 at 16:41:00 GMT+1

    Malik and Sefiya are first cousins. They are grandchildren of the Atta of Ebira.

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  2. AnonymousSaturday 12 July 2008 at 23:42:00 GMT+1

    Interesting article of early 2000's you refer to .. did you know he was in texas ... checkout article below:

    http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2008/01/15/mckinney_courier-gazette/news/cnews02.txt

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  3. adeizaThursday 18 November 2010 at 10:47:00 GMT+1

    the brother is doing just fine.
    _adeiza_

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  4. FarooQ OnoruoyizaSaturday 24 March 2012 at 09:46:00 GMT+1

    It's nice to know we've got someone out there though even if he's not around here, atleast he's got our label...

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