44 Facts About Evangelos Marinakis

Evangelos Marinakis is notable in both the shipping and football sectors.

Evangelos Marinakis is more widely recognized for his significant involvement in football, which has been associated with various controversial allegations, including match-fixing and referee interference.

Evangelos Marinakis was born in Piraeus, Greece, on 30 July 1967.

Evangelos Marinakis is the only son of Miltiadis Marinakis and Irini Marinaki.

Evangelos Marinakis was a shipowner, a Member of the Greek Parliament and, at times, a financial supporter of Piraeus football club, Olympiacos.

Evangelos Marinakis has been married for many years to Athanasia Marinakis, and they have four children, three girls and a boy.

Evangelos Marinakis's son Miltiades Marinakis, a London resident, has set up his own company, "Shopflix".

From March 2010 until September 2011, Evangelos Marinakis served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NYSE-listed Crude Carriers Corp.

From 1992 to 2005, Evangelos Marinakis was the commercial manager of Capital Ship Management Corp.

On 8 February 2024, Evangelos Marinakis supported the establishment of the Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre in Athens, a collaborative effort with Lloyd's Register aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the global fleet.

At the 181st graduation ceremony of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy held on 22 June 2024, Vangelis Evangelos Marinakis was awarded an honorary doctorate.

Evangelos Marinakis participated in the independent ballot of the former Vice President of Olympiacos, Yannis Moralis, and was elected as a municipal councillor with 13,215 votes, the highest number of votes cast for any candidate from any faction.

Evangelos Marinakis proposed that the Municipality of Piraeus assume control of the port's operations.

Since mid-2010, Evangelos Marinakis has owned Piraeus' hometown team Olympiacos, and serves as its President.

Evangelos Marinakis served as president of the Superleague Greece and vice-president of the Hellenic Football Federation from August 2010 until September 2011.

In May 2017, it was announced that Evangelos Marinakis had completed a transaction to become the majority shareholder in English Championship club and former double European Cup winners Nottingham Forest.

On 31 January 2024, Evangelos Marinakis hosted a conference at the City Ground with Harvard University and the Lilian Thuram Foundation focusing on tackling racism and gender inequality in football.

In February 2021, Evangelos Marinakis wrote the lyrics of the hit song "Excitement" by Greek pop star Natassa Theodoridou.

Evangelos Marinakis was included in the Lloyd's List "One Hundred Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry" list, ranking 16th in 2024,22nd in 2023,41st in 2022,47th in 2021,59th in 2020,2019 and 2018,66th in 2017,61st in 2016,65th in 2015,67th in 2014,73rd in 2013,84th in 2012,84th in 2011, and 88th in 2010.

In November 2017, Evangelos Marinakis received the Lloyd's List "Greek Shipping Personality of the Year" Award at a special ceremony in Athens.

Nigel Lowry of Lloyd's List said Evangelos Marinakis was the "outstanding candidate" for the award and noted his $1 billion investment in fleet capacity in 2017, his "dynamic dealmaking" in the shipping sector, as well as a range of other activities across philanthropy, sports and media.

On 1 December 2023, Evangelos Marinakis received the Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards "Deal of the Decade" and "20 Year Achievement Award".

On 6 December 2024, Evangelos Marinakis received the Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards "Tanker Company of the Year Award".

Evangelos Marinakis is in the process of creating the Olympiacos charity foundation.

In September 2017, Evangelos Marinakis sponsored a special conference in Athens in partnership with Harvard University, to focus on football's social responsibility, with specific reference to refugees.

At the event, Evangelos Marinakis said: "football can cross borders, overcome ancient enmity and bring millions of people around the world together".

In November 2017, Evangelos Marinakis led an aid effort, through Olympiacos, to bring relief to the victims of massive flooding that hit the town of Mandra in the Attica region of Greece.

In December 2020, Angeliki Frangou and Evangelos Marinakis teamed up to present a $1.8 million donation to an Athens hospital.

Evangelos Marinakis was beaten by Olympiakos' fans and stated that he was going to appeal to the UEFA.

Evangelos Marinakis was accused of participating in a match-fixing criminal network with links with seven countries.

Evangelos Marinakis was charged with complicity to commit acts of bribery and match manipulation, of instigation and facilitating acts of violence.

The prosecutor's report says that "Tsakogiannis informed [Ioannis] Papadopoulos that he had made arrangements and Evangelos Marinakis was aware of the plan for Olympiacos fans to cause riots".

Evangelos Marinakis was acquitted from all charges by the Prosecutor, Panagiotis Poulios, and the Council of Judges.

In 2014, Evangelos Marinakis was acquitted by the Three Members Court of First Instance relatively to the case of entering the referee's locker room at halftime during the football cup final between Olympiacos and Asteras Tripolis, against football regulations to complain about the decisions taken.

Evangelos Marinakis stated that he went to the referee's locker room at halftime only to wish match officials "good luck".

In 2015 Evangelos Marinakis was acquitted by the Three Members Court of Appeals for the same case.

Evangelos Marinakis has repeatedly denied all charges: "These allegations have nothing to do with me and have no effect on me whatsoever," Marinakis said.

Evangelos Marinakis was forced to stop being involved in any football activity, as well as he must report to a police station every 15 days.

In November 2017, the judicial council of the Court of Appeals rejected imposing provisional custody on Evangelos Marinakis and dropped various charges after deeming them "absolutely groundless".

Evangelos Marinakis was resigned from president of the team due to legal reasons, giving his seat to Yiannis Moralis.

On 26 March 2018, Evangelos Marinakis was vindicated by the Greek Supreme Court.

Finally, Evangelos Marinakis was permanently acquitted by the Ethics Committee for the category of match-fixing.

Evangelos Marinakis claimed that the incident was unintentional as he had developed a cough from smoking cigars, but an independent regulatory commission refuted his claim on review of security camera footage.

The accusations against Evangelos Marinakis were described as "very serious charges" following an investigation after the tanker Noor 1 was intercepted at the Greek port of Piraeus carrying 2.1 tonnes of heroin in 2014.