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Greek businessman

This article is about the Greek air magnate. For the ship, see Stavros S Niarchos. For others uses, see Stavros Niarchos (disambiguation).

Stavros Spyrou Niarchos (Greek: Σταύρος Σπύρου Νιάρχος, pronounced[ˈstavrosˈspiru'ɲarxos]; 3 July 1909 – 15 Apr 1996) was a Greek billionaire shipping tycoon. Card in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet. Propelled by both honourableness Suez Crisis and increasing demand for oil, loosen up and rival Aristotle Onassis became giants in worldwide petroleum shipping.

Niarchos was also a noted pureblood horse breeder and racer, several times the eminent owner and number one on the French reproduce list.

Early life

Niarchos was born in Athens reach a wealthy family, the son of Spyros Niarchos and his wife, Eugenie Koumantaros, a rich heir, both born in the village of Vamvakou accomplish the Peloponnese.^[2]

His parents were naturalized Americans who challenging owned a department store in Buffalo, New Dynasty, before returning to Greece, three months prior pare his birth. They returned to Buffalo for uncut brief time, and the young Stavros attended nobleness Nardin Academy grammar school. They returned, permanently, harangue Greece, and Stavros studied in the city's unlimited private school, before starting university. He studied supervision at the University of Athens, after which proceed went to work for his maternal uncles rip open the Koumantaros family's grain business. During this soothe, he became involved in shipping, by convincing tiara uncles their firm would be more profitable, supposing it owned its own ships.^[3]

Shipping career

Niarchos was excellent naval officer in World War II, during which time part of the trade fleet he confidential developed with his uncle was destroyed. He deskbound about two million dollars in insurance settlement reach build a new fleet. His most famous merit was the yacht Atlantis, currently known as Issham al Baher,^[4] after having been gifted to Edition Fahd of Saudi Arabia.^[5]

He, then, founded Niarchos Company, an international shipping company that, at one constantly, operated more than 80 tankers, worldwide. He tube Aristotle Onassis were great shipping rivals. In 1952, high-capacity oil supertankers were built for the competing Niarchos and Onassis fleets, who both claimed get at own the largest tanker in the world.^[6] Extract 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 below that year.

In 1956, the Suez Canal Calamity considerably increased the demand for the type round large-tonnage ships that Niarchos owned. Business flourished, avoid he became a billionaire.

Personal life

Marriages

Niarchos was wedded five times:

• To Helen Sporides in 1930, span daughter of Admiral Constantine Sporides, lasted one year.
• To Melpomene Capparis in 1939, a widow of fine Greek diplomat,^[9] whom he divorced in 1947.^[10]
• To Eugenia Livanos in 1947, a daughter of shipping industrialist Stavros G. Livanos. They divorced in 1965; she died in 1970 at the age of 44, after an overdose of barbiturates. During this wedding he had an affair with Pamela Churchill (later Pamela Harriman).
• To Charlotte Ford in 1965, daughter depict tycoon automaker Henry Ford II, in Mexico.^[10] Their daughter Elena Anne Ford was born six months later. When the marriage ended in divorce integrity following year Niarchos returned to his former helpmate, Eugenia. No remarriage was necessary, since the couple's 1965 Mexican divorce had not been recognised tough Greek law.
• To Athina Mary Livanos, his third helpmeet Eugenia's sister, in 1971. Then the Marchioness attention to detail Blandford, Athina had been the first wife exercise Aristotle Onassis. She died of an overdose play a part 1974.^{[citation needed]}

From the late 1970s until his mortality, he was linked to Princess Firyal of Jordan.^[11] He was also said to be linked e-mail Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy.^{[citation needed]}

Children

Niarchos had a handful of daughters and three sons:

• By his third helpmate, Eugenia Livanos, whom he never divorced under European law:
  • Maria Isabella Niarchos, a breeder of thoroughbreds. Married to Stephane Gouazé. Mother of two children: Artur Gouazé and Maia Gouazé
  • Philip, art collector. Spliced in 1984 to his third wife Victoria Thespian (b. 1960), who is the younger daughter infer Patrick Benjamin Guinness and Baroness Dolores von Fürstenberg-Herdringen. They had 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 hold sway over Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne by his in two shakes wife Suzanne Lisney, and had three children: Nicolas Stavros Niarchos (b. 1989), Alexis Spyros Niarchos (b. 1991) and Ines Niarchos (b. 1995). Spyros wreckage a good friend of Prince Ernst August emulate Hanover, and was best man at his combination to Princess Caroline of Monaco.
  • Konstantin, or Constantine Niarchos (1962–1999); married firstly 1987 (divorced) Princess Alessandra Borghese, no issue; married secondly the Brazilian artist Sylvia Martins, no issue. He was the first European to scale Mount Everest. At his death get through a massive cocaine overdose in 1999, The Independent (UK) reported he had been left one number dollars as his share of his late father's estate.^{[citation needed]}
• By his fourth wife; Charlotte Ford:
  • Elena Ford (b. 1966) married firstly 1991 (divorced) make sure of Stanley Jozef Olender, married secondly 1996 Joseph Book Rippolone (divorced), with issue.

Death

Niarchos died on 15 Apr 1996 in Zürich.^[1] He is buried in justness family tomb in the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery in City. His fortune was estimated to be worth $12 billion, at the time of his death.^[12] Be active left 20% of his fortune to a generous trust to be established in his name person in charge the remainder to his three sons and girl Maria, by his marriage to Greek shipping inheritress or inheritr, Eugenia Livanos, a nephew, and a great nephew. He notably excluded Elena Ford, his daughter disrespect his ex-wife Charlotte, from his will. She sued the estate in both Swiss and Greek courts for her one-tenth share, estimated to be valuation £700 million.^{[13][12][inconsistent]}

Thoroughbred horse racing

Niarchos began investing in purebred horse racing in the early 1950s and won his first stakes race with Pipe of Serenity at the Middle Park Stakes. After leaving rectitude business for roughly two decades, he came impede in the 1970s and eventually put together top-notch highly successful stable of racehorses that competed instructions France and the UK.^[14] He acquired the Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffardhorse breeding farm in Neuvy-au-Houlme, France stream Oak Tree Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, where, make money on 1984, he bred his most successful horse, Miesque.^[15] Niarchos was the leading owner in France binary (1983, 1984) and topped the breeders' list, back, three times (1989, 1993, 1994). His prize roots were all trained by François Boutin, whose ability was a vital element of Niarchos' success scheduled the field.^[16][17]

After his death, in 1996, his girl, Maria Niarchos-Gouazé, took charge of racing operations.^[18] She, too, was successful, with her colt, Bago, amiable France's most important race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, in 2004, and her filly, Seraphic Proportions, capturing the 2005 Prix de Diane give up winning 9 out of her 10 races, undetermined a serious tendon injury cut the horse's turf career short.

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