Jay Penske - Businesses

Businesses

Penske is the founder, Chairman and CEO of ("PMC"). PMC is a digital media and publishing company that owns and operates: Deadline.com, MovieLine.com, OnCars.com, HollywoodLife.com, Fan.com, TVline.com, BGR.com and MailTimes. Penske was also formerly the founder and CEO of Mail.com, the email and portal service which PMC sold to the German media company United Internet for an amount between €50-€100Million in September 2010. In addition he also cofounded and was Chairman of Firefly Mobile, Inc., a wireless company that developed the Firefly mobile phone for children, and other youth targeted mobile products. Penske also owns Dragon Books, Ltd., a Los Angeles based bookstore which sells rare and collectible books. Penske was recently added to VanityFair's New Establishment list for 2009, and in 2010 Vanity Fair named Penske one of the 10 best dressed men in the world in their "2010 International Best-Dressed List".

Penske additionally owns a racing team with Steve Luczo, the Chairman of Seagate Technologies. Luczo Dragon Racing's won the IndyCar 2009 won rookie of the year honors with driver Raphael Matos. The team name is derived from Penske's love of books and business interest Dragon Books, Ltd., and his partner's last name. For 2010, Penske's racing team had former Indy Lights champion Raphael Matos behind the wheel of the HP #2 car for the full Indycar Series circuit of events. In 2011, the name of the team changed to Dragon Racing, with Penske as the sole owner, and Paul Tracy was announced as the driver for 5 races. Dragon Racing's drivers for the 2012 season are Katherine Legge and Sebastien Bourdais.