Lawrence Sheldon Strulović (name later

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to Strulovitch) (born 11 July 1959), best known as Lawrence Stroll, is a Canadian

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businessman, part-owner and executive chairman of

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, and the owner of the

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. According to ''

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'', he has a net worth of US$2.9 billion, .

Early life

He was born to a Jewish family in

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, Quebec, the son of fashion importer Leo Strulovitch.

Career

Stroll's father brought

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fashionwear and

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clothing to Canada. Stroll took the Ralph Lauren brand to Europe. Along with Hong Kong investor

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, Stroll invested in clothing designers

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and

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, and the pair largely contributed to the brands' growth to global prevalence. Stroll's company, Sportswear Holdings, sold the last of its stake in these businesses in 2014. During the 2000s, Chou and Stroll also invested in Asprey & Garrard. From 2000 until August 2022, Stroll owned a Canadian race car circuit, known as

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, in Quebec's

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. In August 2018, Stroll led a consortium of investors in buying the

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team. Renamed

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, and as a new team officially, they re-entered midway through the 2018 Formula One season and achieved 7th position in the Constructors' Championship. For the season, the team name and entrant was changed once again to

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, with Stroll's son

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driving one of the cars, finishing in 7th position in the Constructors' Championship once again. On 31 January 2020, it was announced that Stroll led the Yew Tree Investments consortium to invest £182 million into

, in return for a 16.7% stake in the company. The Racing Point F1 Team was re-branded as the

in .

Personal life

Stroll is married to Raquel Stroll ( Diniz). He was previously married to Belgian-born Claire-Anne Stroll ( Callens). Lawrence and Claire-Anne have two children. Their son

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is a racing driver who is currently competing in

. Their daughter is Chloe Stroll. Stroll has a large car collection, mostly consisting of

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s, from the

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to the latest

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. He used to own the Ferrari dealership of

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. He also owns other cars such as

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s and a

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References

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