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Stavros Niarchos

1909 - 1996

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Stavros Spyrou Niarchos (Greek: Σταύρος Σπύρου Νιάρχος, pronounced [ˈstavros ˈspiru ˈɲarxos]; 3 July 1909 – 15 April 1996) was a Greek billionaire shipping tycoon. Starting in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet. Propelled by both the Suez Crisis and increasing demand for oil, he and rival Aristotle Onassis became giants in global petroleum shipping. Niarchos was also a noted thoroughbred horse breeder and racer, several times the leading owner and number one on the French breed list. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stavros Niarchos is the 232nd most popular businessperson (down from 200th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from Greece (down from 375th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Stavros Niarchos ranks 232 out of 847. Before him are Dhirubhai Ambani, Rosalía Mera, Thomas Lipton, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Rex Tillerson, and Carl Laemmle. After him are Henry Cole, Horacio Pagani, Rinat Akhmetov, Yves Rocher, Ramón Calderón, and Lawrence Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stavros Niarchos ranks 93. Before him are Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Porfirio Rubirosa, Adolfo López Mateos, Matti Järvinen, Albert R. Broccoli, and Isa Miranda. After him are Harro Schulze-Boysen, Nelson Algren, Attilio Demaría, Franz Bardon, Johannes Willebrands, and Jim Davis. Among people deceased in 1996, Stavros Niarchos ranks 86. Before him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Amos Tversky, Ron Brown, Greer Garson, Virginia Cherrill, and Albert R. Broccoli. After him are Antonín Mrkos, Muhammad al-Badr, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Virginia Henderson, Ben Johnson, and Hideo Sakai.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Stavros Niarchos ranks 395 out of 1,024. Before him are Demosthenes (-412), Archidamus III (-350), Coroebus of Elis (-800), Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), Cyril Lucaris (1572), and Demaratus of Corinth (-700). After him are Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), Simeon Uroš (1326), Demades (-380), Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Markos Botsaris (1790), and Phaedon Gizikis (1917).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Greece

Among businesspeople born in Greece, Stavros Niarchos ranks 1. After him are Isaac Carasso (1874), George Averoff (1815), Arianna Huffington (1950), and Sam Panopoulos (1934).

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