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. In 2014, he was elected as a municipal councillor of Piraeus with the "Πειραιάς Νικητής" party and was re-elected in 2019. In 2017, he purchased English football team of Nottingham Forest F.C.. In 2016, he entered the Greek media sector with Alter Ego Media S.A., which acquired Lambrakis Press Group (DOL) in 2017.