Theodore Angelopoulos
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Theodore Angelopoulos is a Greek
businessman, a shipping magnate and a steel magnate.
Angelopoulos lived in Switzerland
for many years where he received his BSc in Business Administration from Zurich University. His family were pioneers in the Greek steel industry and began dealing in the dry cargo sector of the shipping industry in the early 1950s. He built an internationally based group of companies with interests in shipping and steel, and with investments in real estate and private equities, as well as other financial entities world wide.
In 1996, he established Metrostar Management Corp. in Athens, Greece and he entered the oil tanker market in the same year and his company would go on to become one of the world's leading oil tanker operators. In 2002, he took control of the Dutch shipbuilding company oceAnco and he re-established it as a leading shipbuilder of custom-built luxury mega-yachts.
He is married to Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
and has two nephews, Panagiotis Angelopoulos
and Giorgos Angelopoulos
.
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businessman, a shipping magnate and a steel magnate.
Angelopoulos lived in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
for many years where he received his BSc in Business Administration from Zurich University. His family were pioneers in the Greek steel industry and began dealing in the dry cargo sector of the shipping industry in the early 1950s. He built an internationally based group of companies with interests in shipping and steel, and with investments in real estate and private equities, as well as other financial entities world wide.
In 1996, he established Metrostar Management Corp. in Athens, Greece and he entered the oil tanker market in the same year and his company would go on to become one of the world's leading oil tanker operators. In 2002, he took control of the Dutch shipbuilding company oceAnco and he re-established it as a leading shipbuilder of custom-built luxury mega-yachts.
He is married to Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki is a Greek business woman. She is best known for being the president of the bidding and organizing committee for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
and has two nephews, Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Panagiotis Angelopoulos is a Greek businessman and a shipping and steel magnate. He is also the co-owner of the professional Greek League and Euroleague basketball team Olympiacos, along with his brother Giorgos...
and Giorgos Angelopoulos
Giorgos Angelopoulos
Giorgos Angelopoulos is a Greek businessman. Angelopoulos is a shipping magnate and a steel magnate. He is also the co-owner of the professional Greek League and Euroleague basketball team Olympiacos, along with his brother Panagiotis...
.