Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis (born 1982) is a Greek shipping

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, socialite, film producer, and ship owner. He is the grandson of the shipping multi-billionaire tycoon Yiannis "John S." Latsis.

Family

Latsis is the son of Marianna Latsis and Grigoris Kasidokostas, who was mayor of the affluent seaside town

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from 1986 to 2012, where he also ran a large water-ski school and was also a former polo player for Panathinaikos. His mother is a major philanthropist who donated funds for Greek earthquake relief and the Athens Olympics. When his grandfather died in 2003, his fortune was estimated as the 101st largest in the world. Eventually the Latsis family expanded into banking, oil refining and real estate. As of March 2019

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magazine estimated the Latsis family fortune at US$2.7 billion, placing them at No. 838 on the magazine's list of the world's richest people.

Career

Film production

In 2005 he and Terry Dougas established the film production company ''1821 Media'' which got its name from the

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. Among the stars that have worked with the label are

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, and

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. Other labels that are in collaboration with 1821 Media are

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and

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. In 2015 he founded the film financing company Hercules Film Fund, which financed the film ''American Made'' starring

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. Latsis was executive producer on that film.

Shipping

In 2012, Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis took over Latsco Shipping Ltd. In addition, he established ''Marla Bulkers'' and ''Marla Tankers'' in 2017 and 2018 to invest in second hand bulk carriers and second hand tanker respectively. The total fleet of ''Latsco'' and ''Marla'' is currently 35 vessels.

Personal life

In May 2005, it was announced that Kassidokostas-Latsis was engaged to American socialite

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. In September 2005, the couple broke off their engagement. Since early 2015, Kassidokostas-Latsis has been in a relationship with the Greek-Georgian singer

Tamta Tamta Goduadze ( ka, თამთა გოდუაძე; el, Τάμτα Γκοντουάτζε, Támta Gkontouátze; born 10 January 1981), known mononymously as Tamta, is a Georgian-Greek singer. She first achieved popularity in Greece in ...

References

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