Families
Most Greek shipping has been run as a family business, with family members located in key ports or in key positions, and with marriages cementing relationships between commercial dynasties. These close-knit families have allowed financially sensitive information to be kept within the local community, with many transactions kept within trusted family networks.
The twentieth century saw more Greek shipping families established, including:
- Lemos of Oinousses
- Pateras of Oinousses
- Onassis of Smyrna
- Mavroleon
- Livanos of Chios
- Carras of Chios
- Goulandris of Andros
- Embeirikos of Andros
- Kulukundis
- Latsis of Peloponnese
- Negroponte of Syros
- Chandris of Chios
- Niarchos of Piraeus
- Economou
- Vintiadis
- Los of Chios
- Eugenidis
- Soutos of Samos
Other contemporary shipowners include:
- Tsakos
- Angelopoulos
Read more about this topic: Greek Merchant Navy
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