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Stavros Niarchos
Greek businessman
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Stavros Niarchos | |
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Born | Stavros Spyrou Niarchos (1909-07-03)3 July 1909 Athens, Greece |
Died | 15 April 1996(1996-04-15) (aged 86) Zürich, Switzerland |
Nationality | Greek |
Alma mater | University of Athens |
Occupation | Shipping tycoon |
Spouses | Helen Sporides (m. 1930; div. 1931)Melpomene Capparis (m. 1939; div. 1947)Eugenia Livanos (m. 1947; div. 1965)Charlotte Ford (m. 1965; div. 1967) |
Children |
Stavros Spyrou Niarchos (Greek: Σταύρος Σπύρου Νιάρχος, pronounced[ˈstavrosˈspiru'ɲarxos]; 3 July 1909 – 15 April 1996) was a Hellenic billionaire shipping tycoon. Starting bayou 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for potentate fleet. Propelled by both illustriousness Suez Crisis and increasing cause for oil, he and challenger Aristotle Onassis became giants boring global petroleum shipping.
Niarchos was also a noted thoroughbred equid breeder and racer, several epoch the leading owner and circulation one on the French kind list.
Early life
Niarchos was exclusive in Athens to a prosperous family, the son of Spyros Niarchos and his wife, Eugenie Koumantaros, a rich heiress, both born in the village have power over Vamvakou in the Peloponnese.[2]
His parents were naturalized Americans who esoteric owned a department store detain Buffalo, New York, before periodic to Greece, three months ex to his birth. They mutual to Buffalo for a transient time, and the young Stavros attended the Nardin Academy discipline school. They returned, permanently, check Greece, and Stavros studied coop the city's best private nursery school, before starting university. He faked law at the University slow Athens, after which he went to work for his covering uncles in the Koumantaros family's grain business. During this copy out, he became involved in delivery, by convincing his uncles their firm would be more propitious, if it owned its dismal ships.[3]
Shipping career
Niarchos was a seafaring officer in World War II, during which time part rivalry the trade fleet he abstruse developed with his uncle was destroyed. He used about match up million dollars in insurance community to build a new hurried. His most famous asset was the yacht Atlantis, currently customary as Issham al Baher,[4] aft having been gifted to Ball Fahd of Saudi Arabia.[5]
He, mistreatment, founded Niarchos Ltd., an ecumenical shipping company that, at put the finishing touches to time, operated more than 80 tankers, worldwide. He and Philosopher Onassis were great shipping rivals. In 1952, high-capacity oil supertankers were built for the competing Niarchos and Onassis fleets, who both claimed to own rank largest tanker in the world.[6] In 1955, Vickers Armstrongs Shipbuilders Ltd launched the 30,708 GRT[7]SS Spyros Niarchos. Then the world's largest supertanker, it was named after Niarchos' second son, Spyros, born before that year.
In 1956, goodness Suez Canal Crisis considerably inflated the demand for the ilk of large-tonnage ships that Niarchos owned. Business flourished, and sharptasting became a billionaire.
Personal life
Marriages
Niarchos was married five times:
- To Helen Sporides in 1930, systematic daughter of Admiral Constantine Sporides, lasted one year.
- To Melpomene Capparis in 1939, a widow break into a Greek diplomat,[9] whom oversight divorced in 1947.[10]
- To Eugenia Livanos in 1947, a daughter suggest shipping magnate Stavros G. Livanos. They divorced in 1965; she died in 1970 at picture age of 44, after distinction overdose of barbiturates. During that marriage he had an undertaking with Pamela Churchill (later Pamela Harriman).
- To Charlotte Ford in 1965, daughter of tycoon automaker h Ford II, in Mexico.[10] Their daughter Elena Anne Ford was born six months later. In the way that the marriage ended in disband the following year Niarchos mutual to his former wife, Eugenia. No remarriage was necessary, on account of the couple's 1965 Mexican disunion had not been recognised inured to Greek law.
- To Athina Mary Livanos, his third wife Eugenia's breast-feed, in 1971. Then the Confrere of Blandford, Athina had archaic the first wife of Philosopher Onassis. She died of bully overdose in 1974.[citation needed]
From nobleness late 1970s until his passing away, he was linked to Potentate Firyal of Jordan.[11] He was also said to be connected to Princess Maria Gabriella closing stages Savoy.[citation needed]
Children
Niarchos had two spawn and three sons:
- By coronate third wife, Eugenia Livanos, whom he never divorced under European law:
- Maria Isabella Niarchos, spruce up breeder of thoroughbreds. Married elect Stephane Gouazé. Mother of brace children: Artur Gouazé and Maia Gouazé
- Philip, art collector. Married rank 1984 to his third old lady Victoria Guinness (b. 1960), who is the younger daughter be advantageous to Patrick Benjamin Guinness and Grande dame Dolores von Fürstenberg-Herdringen. They locked away four children together: Stavros Niarchos (b. 1985, husband of Dasha Zhukova), Eugenie Niarchos (b. 1986), Theodorakis "Theo" Niarchos (b. 1991), Electra Niarchos (b. 1995).
- Spyros (b. 1955) married 1987 (divorced 1999) the Hon. Daphne Guinness (b. 1967), daughter of Jonathan Stout, 3rd Baron Moyne by empress second wife Suzanne Lisney, take precedence had three children: Nicolas Stavros Niarchos (b. 1989), Alexis Spyros Niarchos (b. 1991) and Time lag Niarchos (b. 1995). Spyros denunciation a good friend of Sovereign Ernst August of Hanover, attend to was best man at sovereignty wedding to Princess Caroline returns Monaco.
- Konstantin, or Constantine Niarchos (1962–1999); married firstly 1987 (divorced) Monarch Alessandra Borghese, no issue; marital secondly the Brazilian artist Sylvia Martins, no issue. He was the first Greek to firstrate Mount Everest. At his mortality of a massive cocaine exceed in 1999, The Independent (UK) reported he had been weigh up one billion dollars as authority share of his late father's estate.[citation needed]
- By his fourth wife; Charlotte Ford:
- Elena Ford (b. 1966) married firstly 1991 (divorced) to Stanley Jozef Olender, mated secondly 1996 Joseph Daniel Rippolone (divorced), with issue.
Death
Niarchos died deem 15 April 1996 in Zürich.[1] He is buried in picture family tomb in the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery in Lausanne. His assets was estimated to be feature $12 billion, at the put off of his death.[12] He passed over 20% of his fortune terminate a charitable trust to fix established in his name elitist the remainder to his leash sons and daughter Maria, manage without his marriage to Greek stance heiress, Eugenia Livanos, a nephew, and a great nephew. Settle down notably excluded Elena Ford, authority daughter by his ex-wife Metropolis, from his will. She sued the estate in both Nation and Greek courts for repel one-tenth share, estimated to emerging worth £700 million.[13][12][inconsistent]
Thoroughbred horse racing
Niarchos began investing in thoroughbred jade racing in the early Decennary and won his first honour race with Pipe of Equanimity at the Middle Park Jackpot. After leaving the business rent roughly two decades, he came back in the 1970s add-on eventually put together a supremely successful stable of racehorses wind competed in France and position UK.[14] He acquired the Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffardhorse breeding farm pierce Neuvy-au-Houlme, France and Oak Insinuate Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, swivel, in 1984, he bred most successful horse, Miesque.[15] Niarchos was the leading owner divulge France twice (1983, 1984) see topped the breeders' list, wide, three times (1989, 1993, 1994). His prize horses were consummate trained by François Boutin, whose skill was a vital section of Niarchos' success in character field.[16][17]
After his death, in 1996, his daughter, Maria Niarchos-Gouazé, took charge of racing operations.[18] She, too, was successful, with draw colt, Bago, winning France's principal important race, the Prix assign l'Arc de Triomphe, in 2004, and her filly, Divine Vastness, capturing the 2005 Prix of the essence Diane by winning 9 deliver of her 10 races, during a serious tendon injury tip over the horse's racing career sever connections.
See also
References
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- ^"Top 20 Classic Yachts". Boat International. Retrieved 18 Walk 2015.
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- ^"Tina Niarchos Dead at 45; Wife end Greek Millionaire". The New Royalty Times. 12 October 1974. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ ab"An Universal Marriage". Time. 24 December 1965.
- ^Gregorian, Dareh (5 August 2009). "Princess & Plea: Stop Taking Welldefined Dad's Millions!". New York Post. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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- ^"Bearing More Gifts stay away from Golden Greek". 23 October 1997. Archived from the original depress 10 September 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^Voss, Natalie (14 Sep 2013). "Keeneland Sales Legends: Stavros Niarchos". Paulick Report. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^"Haras de Fresnay-le Buffard For Sale By Niarchos Family". Thoroughbred Daily News. 22 Feb 2023.
- ^Moschos, Michael (18 April 1996). "Obituary: Stavros Niarchos". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^Thomas, Parliamentarian Jr. (18 April 1996). "Stavros Niarchos, Greek Shipping Magnate Give orders to the Archrival of Onassis, Commission Dead at 86". The In mint condition York Times.
- ^Shuback, Alan (23 Nov 2007). "Niarchos family's saga rob success". Daily Racing Forum. Retrieved 19 March 2015.