Tom Rubython

Tom Rubython is a well known publisher and was the founder and publisher of Marketeer (weekly), Amusement Business (monthly), LeisureWeek (weekly), BusinessAge (monthly), Sunday Business{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-the-man-who-would-be-a-mogul-1319542.html|title=Profile; The man who would be a mogul|date=1996-02-18|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}} (weekly), EuroBusiness (monthly), Formula 1 Magazine (monthly), BusinessF1 magazine{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/rubython-faces-another-libel-writ/|title=Rubython faces another libel writ|date=August 25, 2005|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}} (monthly), and SportsPro (monthly). He has written nine books, biographies of Ayrton Senna (racing driver),{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2063586-monaco-grand-prix-reliving-ayrton-sennas-1988-qualifying-and-race|title=Monaco Grand Prix: Reliving Ayrton Senna's 1988 Qualifying and Race|last=Harden|first=Oliver|website=Bleacher Report|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/nigel-mansell-reveals-new-details-from-ayrton-senna-punchup/news-story/53d81c034622bc308d3aff3030392e54|title=The day I grabbed Senna by the throat|date=2015-10-19|website=NewsComAu|access-date=2019-11-21}} Tony O'Reilly (businessman), James Hunt (racing driver),{{Cite web|url=https://jalopnik.com/james-hunt-bedded-33-flight-attendants-in-two-weeks-5666660|title=James Hunt Bedded 33 Flight Attendants In Two Weeks|website=Jalopnik|date=18 October 2010 |language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/fast-moves|title=Fast Moves|last=Lane|first=Anthony|date=2013-09-23|access-date=2019-11-21|language=en|issn=0028-792X}} Richard Burton (actor),{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-13399439|title=Star Burton's 'risky womanising'|date=2011-05-16|access-date=2019-11-21|language=en-GB}} Jesse Livermore (financier),{{Cite web|url=https://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles/06/19/2016/should-you-trade-late-jesse-livermore|title=Should You Trade Like the Late Jesse Livermore?|last=DePorre|first=James "Rev Shark"|date=2016-06-19|website=RealMoney|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.omaha.com/archives/hansen-tale-of-omaha-s-black-widow-is-too-tempting/article_ef518d6f-cba2-5ed0-af4d-e855255e03ec.html|title=Hansen: Tale of Omaha's 'black widow' is too tempting to not investigate|last=Hansen|first=Matthew|date=Oct 27, 2015|website=Omaha.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}} and Barry White (singer) and two non-fiction motor racing books called In The Name Of Glory and Fatal Weekend.{{Cite web | url=http://www.themyrtlepress.com/team-and-history.php |title = The Myrtle Press | the Team}} His book Shunt was the basis for Ron Howard's film Rush.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/59539-tantor-media-more-than-audio.html|title=Tantor Media: More than Audio|last=Milliot|first=Jim|date=Oct 11, 2013|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-11-21}} He has also published many yearbooks and annuals including the Leisure Industry Yearbook, the Offshore Finance Annual, the Formula One Annual, and the Formula One Black Book.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

In 2020 Rubython relaunched BusinessF1 magazine. {{cite web |last1=Rubython |first1=Tom |website=Businessf1magazine.com |url=https://businessf1magazine.com/}}

Rubython has interviewed many famous figures over the years from Donald Trump to Tony Blair. He has enjoyed a controversial journalistic career and has reputedly been sued for libel more times than any other British journalist including lawsuits from figures such as Sir Alan Sugar, Tony Ryan, George Walker, Max Mosley, Bernie Ecclestone, Ken Bates, and Kelvin Mackenzie. Most of the lawsuits were later settled, though he lost one to Tony Purnell,{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitpass.com/27413/Purnell-wins-ruling-against-Business-F1-and-Tom-Rubython|title=Purnell wins ruling against Business F1 and Tom Rubython|date=2006-03-16|website=Pitpass|access-date=2019-11-21}} he won against Richard Woods.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/jury-backs-rubython-in-action-against-fia-man/|title=Jury backs Rubython in action against FIA man|date=March 30, 2007|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}}

In 2012 he briefly dabbled in politics and stood for the UK Independence Party in Northampton North at the 2015 General Election, receiving 6,354 votes (16%).{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000861|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511022635/http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000861|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-11|title=Northampton North parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News|date=2015-05-11|access-date=2019-11-21}}

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Tom Rubython was a bachelor, until in 2013, at the age of 58, he married his girlfriend of two years, Beverley. He was one of the first people in the UK to clone a dog after his beloved cocker spaniel, Daisy died in 2016. Famously he hid the fact from his wife until the two new spaniels, cloned from Daisy, arrived at Heathrow from Seoul in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/60-minutes-dog-cloning-technology-pets-science/966a0743-6e08-42e6-add3-a80ec86f2344|title=The murky moral dilemma of dog cloning|website=www.9news.com.au|date=16 September 2018 |access-date=2019-11-21}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/08/dog-cloning-animal-sooam-hwang|title=Inside the Very Big, Very Controversial Business of Dog Cloning|last=Duncan|first=David Ewing|date=August 7, 2018|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}

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