Paddy McNally

Paddy McNally, 88, died on July 22, 2026. Paddy McNally was known publicly as a British businessman and racing driver. Patrick Sean McNally (20 December 1937 – 22 July 2026) was a British businessman and racing driver. He was chief executive of Allsport Management, a Swiss-based company which controlled Formula One advertising and hospitality via the Paddock Club. Aside from motorsport, he became well known in Britain in the 1980s for his relationship with Sarah Ferguson as a result of her marriage in 1986 to the Duke of York. His reputation then was as a jet-setting playboy - "leader of the British high society colony in Verbier, Switzerland". Public biographical listings identify McNally as a British businessman and racing driver. This public record remains centered on McNally's work as a British businessman and racing driver and the documented milestones of that career.