Stervos niarchos biography books

Stavros Niarchos was one of the world’s most innovative and successful 20th-century businessmen.

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His openness, the business “demon” led him to the highest pedestal of the shipbuilding world, while opening the way for other Greeks.

He was born on July, 3rd, 1909, in Athens. His parents had origins in Lakonia and had just relocated to Greece from the United States.

Stavros Niarchos graduated from the Varvakios School and the Law School of Athens.

In 1929, he started working in his uncles’ gristmill and soon exhibited his talent in business administration.

In 1930, he married to Eleni Sporidis only to get a divorce a year later. In 1939, he married to 20-year old Melpomeni Kapari, the daughter of a ship-owner on the island of Syros.

During the same year, he started building his empire and founded Niarchos Group, owning 2 tankers and 5 freighters.

Stavros Niarchos served in the Greek navy during World War II. He joined the Allied operations in Normandy