Evangelos Marinakis

Evangelos "Vangelis" Marinakis (Ευάγγελος (Βαγγέλης) Μαρινάκης, 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 owner of football clubs Olympiacos, Nottingham Forest and Rio Ave. He 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, Marinakis was elected as a municipal councillor of Piraeus with the Πειραιάς Νικητής (Piraeus Victor) party and was re-elected in 2019. In 2017, he purchased English football team Nottingham Forest. In 2016, he entered the Greek media...