
Evangelos Marinakis & family
About Evangelos Marinakis & family
Evangelos Marinakis owns shipping group Capital Maritime Trading Corp. as well as a media conglomerate and stakes in several soccer teams.
Through his Capital Maritime Trading Corp. he owns several private shipping firms, as well as a 59% stake in publicly traded Capital Clean Energy Carriers.
He bought 80% for English soccer team Nottingham Forest in 2017. Under his ownership, the firm was promoted to the English Premier League in 2022.
He also owns 86% of Olympiacos, Greece's most successful soccer team, and invested in Portuguese soccer team Rio Ave in November 2023.
Marinakis owns Alter Ego Media, a Greek media group that owns two of the country's largest newspapers plus the second-largest TV channel; he took it public in 2025.
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GreeceSource of wealth
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Piraeus, GreeceMarital status
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07/30/67 (age 59)Number of children
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In 2014, Marinakis won a city council seat in Piraeus, a port city south of Athens where his companies are based.
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ATHENS | AEM-GR
Alter Ego MediaNASDAQ | CCEC-US
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