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Evangelos Marinakis

Greek businessman (born 1967)


Evangelos Marinakis
Evangelos Marinakis

Evangelos "Vangelis" Marinakis, born 30 July 1967) 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. The team won the 2023–2024 UEFA Europa Conference League, making it the first and only Greek team to achieve this.

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Marinakis dilutes control of Forest

Evangelos Marinakis is no longer a "person with significant control" at Nottingham Forest after amending his ownership to meet Uefa..

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