1. Dimitris Melissanidis is a Greek business shipping and oil tycoon, and one of the country's leading businessmen.
20 Facts About Dimitris Melissanidis
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Dimitris Melissanidis is most known for his time as owner of Greek football team AEK Athens FC and owner of Greek oil company Aegean Oil.
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Dimitris Melissanidis is the founder and former owner of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc which is the second strongest and largest independent fuel supplier in the world.
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Dimitris Melissanidis was ranked 98th in 2015 and 97th in 2014 in the world in the Lloyd's List Top 100 Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry for his international shipping contribution.
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Dimitris Melissanidis was AEK Athens Football Club's 30th and 32nd president, from 1992 to 1993 and 1994 to 1995.
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On June 7,2013, with AEK relegated to the Amateur Division because of financial problems, Dimitris Melissanidis became again active for the club as an administrator.
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Dimitris Melissanidis was born in Nikaia, Greece and was raised in Athens.
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Dimitris Melissanidis is the son of a Pontic refugee, Zoras Melissanidis, active in Pontic affairs, and a deeply respected local political figure prior to his forced move to Athens.
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Dimitris Melissanidis began as a businessman in 1975 owning a small driving school in Korydallos area.
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Dimitris Melissanidis was the founder and owner of the marine fuels and bunkering services supplier Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc and of the petroleum company Aegean Oil which he still currently owns.
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In 2017 Dimitris Melissanidis attempted to return to AMPNI, through a proposed acquisition of Hellenic Environmental Center, a company owned by the Dimitris Melissanidis family, by AMPNI.
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Dimitris Melissanidis has denied these allegations but decision is awaited in regards to these suits.
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On 7 June 2013, Dimitris Melissanidis became again active for AEK, after they declared bankruptcy, in order to save the club and bring them back to success.
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Dimitris Melissanidis declared bankruptcy and were relegated to Greece's third tier.
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Dimitris Melissanidis has unveiled plans for a new stadium in Nea Filadelfia, where the old stadium of AEK was placed.
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On 2 October 2013, the board of AEK Athens, under Dimitris Melissanidis, presented plans for the new stadium to the municipality of Nea Filadelfeia, in order to gain permission to build.
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At the signing, Dimitris Melissanidis ended his statement by commenting that "OPAP is turning a page".
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On 18 February 2022 it was announced that the Dimitris Melissanidis family had sold its entire stake in OPAP to Allwyn, owned by Czech billionaire Karel Komarek, for a price of EUR 327.4 million.
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Dimitris Melissanidis has social and philanthropic action, mainly in cooperation with the Church of Greece and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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Furthermore, in a highly publicized incident, discussed in the Greek Parliament, calling from an 'Aegean Oil' listed telephone number, Dimitris Melissanidis personally bullied with death threats to Lefteris Charalambopoulos, the Greek reporter who published the government report in the left-wing 'Unfollow' magazine.