Edmund Patrick Jordan, who has died aged 76 while undergoing treatment for cancer, was an energetic entrepreneur who brought a disruptive touch of rock and roll to Formula 1 in the 1990s.
Born in Dublin, Jordan flirted with the idea of joining the priesthood in his youth before embarking on a career in finance – more specifically, becoming a clerk at the Bank of Ireland. But Jordan was born to hustle, and this humdrum job could not contain him.
