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Theodore Angelopoulos
Theodore P. Angelopoulos (born 1943) is a Greek shipping and steel magnate. Early life Theodore Angelopoulos was born in Athens, and lived in Switzerland for many years, where he received a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Zurich. His family were pioneers in the Greek steel industry and began dealing in the dry cargo sector of the shipping industry in the early 1950s. Career Angelopoulos built an internationally based group of companies with interests in shipping and steel, and with investments in real estate and private equities, as well as other financial entities worldwide. In 1996, he established Metrostar Management in Athens, and his company became one of the world's leading oil tanker operators. In 2002 he took control of the Dutch shipbuilding company oceAnco and reestablished it as a leading builder of custom luxury mega-yachts. Personal life Angelopoulos is married to Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki. His two nephews, Panagiotis Angelopoulos and Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathia (Vlachorrapti), Arcadia
Vlachorraptis ( el, Βλαχορράπτης, also Βλαχορράφτης - ''Vlachorraftis'') is a village in western Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a hill above the right bank of the river Alfeios, at about 650 m elevation. It is 2 km southeast of Sarakini, 2 km west of Atsicholos, 6 km northwest of Karytaina and 7 km southwest of Stemnitsa. In 2011 Vlachorraptis had a population of 40. According to the ancient geographer Pausanias the city of Maratha (Μάραθα) was located on the site of the modern village. The modern settlement however was founded in ca. 1600. Population Notable people *Theodore Angelopoulos (b. 1943), businessman See also *List of settlements in Arcadia This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece. * Aetorrachi * Agia Sofia * Agia Varvara * Agiorgitika * Agios Andreas * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Petros * Agios Vasileios, Leonidio * Agios Vasileio ... References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Zurich
The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine which go back to 1525, and a new faculty of philosophy. Currently, the university has seven faculties: Philosophy, Human Medicine, Economic Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Theology and Veterinary Medicine. The university offers the widest range of subjects and courses of any Swiss higher education institution. History The University of Zurich was founded on April 29, 1833, when the existing colleges of theology, the ''Carolinum'' founded by Huldrych Zwingli in 1525, law and medicine were merged with a new faculty of Philosophy. It was the first university in Europe to be founded by the state rather than a monarch or church. In the university's early years, the 183 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born Ioanna Daskalaki, December 12, 1955) is a Greek businesswoman and Ambassador-at-Large for the Hellenic Republic. She is best known for being the leader of the bidding and organizing committees for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In July 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to lead ''Greece 2021'', a year-long initiative to both commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and to introduce to the world a new Greece of effort and optimism. She was named one of the 50 most powerful women by '' Forbes magazine'' and is the author of the New York Times Bestseller ''My Greek Drama''. Early life Ioanna Daskalaki was born to a middle-class family in Heraklion, Crete. Daskalaki studied law in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Personal life In 1990, she married the Greek shipping and steel magnate Theodore Angelopoulos, and has since been involved in several aspects of Angelopoulos' business i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Panagiotis Angelopoulos (alternate spellings: Panayiotis, Aggelopoulos) (Greek: Παναγιώτης Αγγελόπουλος) is a Greek businessman and an oil shipping and steel magnate. He is the co-owner of the men's professional Greek Basket League and EuroLeague club basketball team Olympiacos, along with his brother, Giorgos Angelopoulos. Angelopoulos family Angelopoulos is the son of the Greek oil shipping and steel magnate, Constantine Angelopoulos, and the grandson of the late Greek industrialist, Panagiotis Angelopoulos (1909–2001). He is also the nephew of Theodore Angelopoulos. He is the brother of Giorgos Angelopoulos. Businesses Angelopoulos, along with his brother Giorgos, is the co-owner of Arcadia Shipmanagement. Olympiacos B.C. Panagiotis Angelopoulos, and his brother, Giorgos, won the EuroLeague Club Executive of the Year Award in the year 2012, after their professional basketball club, Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Angelopoulos
Giorgos K. Angelopoulos (alternate spellings: Georgios, George, Aggelopoulos) (Greek: Γιώργος Κ. Αγγελόπουλος) is a Greek oil shipping and steel magnate. He is the co-owner of the men's professional club basketball team, Olympiacos, along with his brother Panagiotis Angelopoulos. Angelopoulos family Angelopoulos is the son of the Greek oil shipping and steel magnate Constantine Angelopoulos, and the grandson of the late Greek industrialist Panagiotis Angelopoulos (1909–2001). He is also the nephew of Theodore Angelopoulos. He is the brother of Panagiotis Angelopoulos. Businesses Angelopoulos, along with his brother Panagiotis, is the co-owner of Arcadia Shipmanagement Co. Ltd. Olympiacos B.C. Giorgos Angelopoulos and his brother, Panagiotis, won the EuroLeague Club Executive of the Year Award in the year 2012, after their professional basketball club, Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56 Old Church Street
The Old Rectory is a grade II listed house in Old Church Street, Chelsea, London. House and gardens The current house mostly dates to about 1725, the early Georgian period, but the site itself was given by the Marquis of Winchester in 1566. The Old Rectory has two acres of gardens, the largest private garden in London apart from Buckingham Palace and Witanhurst. Nineteenth century It was formerly home to the rector of Chelsea parish church, which was Chelsea Old Church, which dates from 1157, until the larger St Luke's Church, Chelsea was consecrated in 1824, when the rector from 1805 to 1832 was George Valerian Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Wellington. From 1824 to 1830, Henry Blunt was George Wellesley's curate, then became the first rector of Trinity Church in Sloane Street, but turned down the post of rector of St Luke's offered to him by Lord Cadogan. Other notable rectors have included Charles Kingsley Sr (rector from 1836 to 1860), father of Charles Kingsley au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
