Evangelos Marinakis

Evangelos "Vangelis" Marinakis is a Greek businessman and investor, the principal shareholder of a number of companies operating in the shipping, media and football sectors. Marinakis is the son of shipowner and politician Miltiadis Marinakis from Crete. He entered the Greek shipping industry in 2005 by founding "Capital Maritime& Trading Corp". In 2010, he acquired a majority stake in the Greek football team Olympiacos and became its president.