Nicholas Frankl

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(born 26 July 1971) is a London-born, Monaco-based serial entrepreneur, automotive journalist, and former Hungarian

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. He piloted HUN1 in the two-man in the 1994

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in Lillehammer, Norway, and in the four-man in the 1998 Nagano, Japan and 2002 Salt Lake City, USA games, respectively. He is the founder of several businesses including My Yacht Group a luxury events company centered around charity-focused receptions on board

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s; and Entertainment MarketPlace, a

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and marketing company.

Personal life

Frankl is the son of Margaret "June" Frankl (3 March 1941 – 28 February 2017) and Andrew Frankl, a

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of the Hungarian revolution who fled to London in 1956, and went on to become an automotive television, radio and print journalist specializing in

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Television and radio

Frankl has been featured in several programs including "Million Pound Mega Yachts", centered around the annual

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, "How'd You Get So Rich (UK)", hosted by comedienne

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, and "Georgey Tonight", a

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show presented by Georgey Spanswick. He has been featured in the

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in an article about the

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and its participants, and in

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discussing the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankl, Nicholas 1971 births Living people Hungarian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Hungary Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from London