- George Livanos
Georges P. Livanos (1926 –
1 June 1997 ) was born in 1926 inNew Orleans . His father wasPeter Livanos . During theWorld War II , Georges Livanos served in the American army inJapan .In 1946, he received a degree in economics from the University of Athens. In 1949, he founded his own company,
Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises . Shortly after, he inherited his father's fleet of 30 ships, including the world's five largestsupertanker s.George P. Livanos is often confused with a distant relativenamed
George S. Livanos , the sole son of the legendaryStavros G. Livanos , considered to be the Dean ofGreek shipping .Although rivals in business, the Greek shipowning families had close personal ties through the marriages of Georges S. Livanos' sisters.
Eugenia Livanos married a competitor,Stavros Niarchos , and her sister Tina marriedAristotle Onassis . After Eugenia's death, Tina divorced and remarried Stavros Niarchos, Aristotle Onassis' lifelong rival.Georges P. Livanos managed his naval empire from
Lausanne . With over 100 ships, his fleet was the largestmerchant navy in Greece. He also created a shipping company between the Greek Isles and was involved in the protection of ocean and coastal waters. In 1994, his fortune was an estimated 3 billion dollars.The Greek shipowner then diversified his activity and invested in real estate, as well as in the banking industry with Basil Goulandris, another Greek shipowner also based in Lausanne. Georges Livanos died in 1997, leaving his business to his son,
Peter Livanos .
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