Notable Persons in The History of The NBG
- Jean-Gabriel Eynard (1775–1863) banker and initiator to found the NBG
- Georgios Stavros (1788–1869) banker
- Julius von Hößlin (1802–1849) banker of J. Hösslin & Cie until the foundation of the NBG
- Alexandros Diomidis, Governor of the National Bank of Greece, later founder and Governor of the Bank of Greece.
- Georgios Mavros (1909–1995) jurist and chairman who founded the cultural foundation in 1966.
- Hüsnü Özyeğin (born 1944) chairman of the Finansbank before and after the takeover by NBG
Read more about this topic: National Bank Of Greece
Famous quotes containing the words notable, persons and/or history:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
—Frederick Douglass (c.1817–1895)
“Boys forget what their country means by just reading “the land of the free” in history books. Then they get to be men, they forget even more. Liberty’s too precious a thing to be buried in books.”
—Sidney Buchman (1902–1975)