Photo: Steve from Austin, TX, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Haas fascinates me as a builder who refused to stop at building. He grew Haas Automation, a CNC machine tool company, from engineering into industry, then carried that obsession with precision straight into NASCAR and Formula One. I respect that he entered motorsport as a manufacturer who actually understands machining, not as a passive financier. The same fixation on shaving a thousandth off a part translates naturally to shaving tenths off a lap. Putting an American name onto the European-dominated F1 grid took real nerve, and that Scorpio-like stubbornness wins my honest applause.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gene Haas
- Name (Japanese)
- ジーン・ハース
- Reading
- じーん・はーす
- Born
- November 12, 1952 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
- Origin
- Youngstown, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- engineer / NASCAR team owner / businessperson / entrepreneur
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- California State University, Northridge
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Haas
Frequently asked questions
When was Gene Haas born?
Born November 12, 1952 (age 73).
Where is Gene Haas from?
Gene Haas is from Youngstown, Ohio, United States.
What does Gene Haas do?
Gene Haas works as engineer, NASCAR team owner, businessperson, entrepreneur.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-19
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.