Spiro Latsis
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Dr. Spiro J. Latsis is a Greek
businessman with a fortune of US$9.1 billion http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/QX6W.html. He ranked 51st on Forbes
's 2006 World's Billionaires list. He is the son of the Greek shipping magnate, John Latsis, who died in 2003.
The family's largest holding is its EFG Bank European Financial Group
in Luxembourg, a banking conglomerate with two main banking holdings that operate in many jurisdictions. The Group holds over 40% of EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA listed in Greece as well as over 40% of EFG International listed in Switzerland.
Spiro Latsis graduated with a PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics
. The Latsis family fortune, managed by Spiros Latsis, includes more than 40% in EFG Eurobank Ergasias, the second largest bank in Greece, and more than 30% in Hellenic Petroleum, a major petroleum player in Southern Europe, through his ownership of Paneuropean Oil and Industrial Holdings S.A.. The Latsis group also controls Lamda Development, a real estate group based in Athens. Lamda Development projects include The Mall Athens
, which opened in 2005, and Golden Hall Mall, also in Athens.
Latsis invited the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso
, who had been a student friend at the London School of Economics, to be a guest on his yacht a month before the Commission approved €10.3 million Greek state aid for Latsis' shipping company; but the approval had been given by the previous European Commission, before Durão Barroso had succeeded to its presidency.
In 2006 Mr. Latsis received an honorary doctorate from Witten/Herdecke University
in Witten
, Germany.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
businessman with a fortune of US$9.1 billion http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/QX6W.html. He ranked 51st on Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
's 2006 World's Billionaires list. He is the son of the Greek shipping magnate, John Latsis, who died in 2003.
The family's largest holding is its EFG Bank European Financial Group
EFG Bank European Financial Group
EFG Bank European Financial Group SA is a bank based in Geneva, supervised on a consolidated basis by the Swiss FINMA. It owns c. 49% of EFG International, a global private banking group specialising in private banking and asset management headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and listed on the SIX...
in Luxembourg, a banking conglomerate with two main banking holdings that operate in many jurisdictions. The Group holds over 40% of EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA listed in Greece as well as over 40% of EFG International listed in Switzerland.
Spiro Latsis graduated with a PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. The Latsis family fortune, managed by Spiros Latsis, includes more than 40% in EFG Eurobank Ergasias, the second largest bank in Greece, and more than 30% in Hellenic Petroleum, a major petroleum player in Southern Europe, through his ownership of Paneuropean Oil and Industrial Holdings S.A.. The Latsis group also controls Lamda Development, a real estate group based in Athens. Lamda Development projects include The Mall Athens
The Mall Athens
The Mall Athens is a major shopping mall in Athens, Greece. It was the first of the kind to be constructed in Greece and one of the largest shopping and leisure centres in Southeastern Europe....
, which opened in 2005, and Golden Hall Mall, also in Athens.
Latsis invited the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician. He is President of the European Commission, since 23 November 2004. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 to 17 July 2004.-Academic career:...
, who had been a student friend at the London School of Economics, to be a guest on his yacht a month before the Commission approved €10.3 million Greek state aid for Latsis' shipping company; but the approval had been given by the previous European Commission, before Durão Barroso had succeeded to its presidency.
In 2006 Mr. Latsis received an honorary doctorate from Witten/Herdecke University
Witten/Herdecke University
Witten/Herdecke University is a private university in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Unlike most other German universities, it is a private enterprise with about 1100 students and 400 employees...
in Witten
Witten
Witten is a university city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home of the Witten/Herdecke University, the first private university in Germany.-Bordering municipalities:* Bochum* Dortmund* Herdecke* Wetter * Sprockhoevel* Hattingen...
, Germany.
Publications
- Latsis, S. Situational Determinism in Economics The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1972 23, pp.207-45
- Latsis, Spiro J. Ed. Method and Appraisal in Economics Cambridge University Press 1976 ISBN 0521210763
- Latsis, S.J. The role and status of the rationality principle in the social sciences in Epistemology, Methodology and the Social Sciences R.S.Cohen & M.W.Wartofsky (Eds) Dordrecht: Reidel 1983