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Name: Evangelos Marinakis Linkedin
EvangelosMarinakis\r\nEvangelosMarinakis is the leading figure in the Greek shipping industry and the owner of the Capital Maritime Trading Corp, football clubs Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos, and Lambrakis Press Group. Marinakis was born in 1967 in Piraeus, Greece, to a reputable family. MiltiadisMarinakis, Evangelos’ father, owned a shipping company, financially supported local football club Olympiacos, and was a member of the National Parliament. Evangelos attended school in Greece but acquired his master’s degree in International Relations in the United Kingdom.\r\nMarinakis took over Capital Maritime Corp from his father and turned it into the leading company in the shipping industry with a fleet of over 70 ships and about 9 million tons (dwt) of tonnage. The businessman invested across all sectors, including dry bulk, container, and tanker. Various maritime publications pronounced him as one of the most influential people in the industry. Lloyd’s List awarded him the Greek Shipping Personality of the Year award in 2017. \r\nIn 2010, he decided to become the majority owner of the Olympiacos football club from his hometown Piraeus. Olympiacos had great success under his helm and won seven consecutive Greek League Championships from 2010/11 to 2016/17. In that period, they were also three-times National Cup winners and several times participants in the UEFA Champions League.\r\nEvangelosMarinakis made another large move in the world of football in 2017 when he acquired Nottingham Forest as the majority owner. The former winner of the European Cup that plays in the England Championship improved its league position by four in its first season under Marinakis’ leadership and the supporters dream big for the upcoming period.\r\nThe businessman maintains his ties with the hometown and country. In 2017, he decided to acquire Lambrakis Press Group (DOL), the oldest and most historic Greek media group. DOL owns reputable daily newspapers “Ta Nea“and weekly newspapers “To Vima“, as well as magazines “Vita“,“Geusignostis“, and “Mommy“, and “in.gr” news portal.\r\nEvangelosMarinakis took part in local civic life in 2014 when he was elected with a record 14,000 votes to become a City Council member. He remained in that position until 2017 and helped municipality with urban regeneration and renewal. Considering that his mom originates from the region of Pontus, Marinakis uses every opportunity so support actions taken to commemorate the victims of the Pontic Genocide that was systematically performed on Ottoman Christian Greek population between 1914 and 1922. Marinakis is a known philanthropist and also has a partnership with UNICEF through FC Olympiacos. He is married to AthanasiaKassioti.
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