30 Mar 1948 - 20 Mar 2025 (77 years)

Edmund Patrick Jordan, OBE was an Irish businessman, television personality and former motorsport team owner.

Born in Dublin, Jordan worked first at the Bank of Ireland. He won the Irish Kart Championship in 1971 and moved to Formula Ford in 1974. He was the founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005.

He was the chief analyst for Formula One coverage on the BBC from 2009 to 2015 before joining Channel 4 after BBC pulled out in 2016. He was the co-owner of London Irish rugby club.

In December 2024, Jordan announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate and bladder cancer earlier in the year. He died on 20 March 2025.

He was married to Marie (née McCarthy), a former Ireland basketball player. The couple married in 1979 and have four children. They have homes in Cape Town, South Kensington, London and Monaco, where Jordan kept his yacht.