1. Panagiotis "Taki" Theodoracopulos is a Greek writer and publisher who founded Taki's Magazine and co-founded The American Conservative.
15 Facts About Taki Theodoracopulos
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Taki Theodoracopulos has lived in New York City, London, and Gstaad.
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The son of a Greek shipping magnate, Theodoracopulos was privately educated in the United States at Lawrenceville School and Blair Academy before attending the University of Virginia.
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Taki Theodoracopulos represented Greece at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962, having been a tennis player beforehand, including playing at the 1961 French Championship.
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Taki Theodoracopulos has written for other US and UK publications, including Esquire, Hamptons Magazine, Newsweek, the New York Press, The Sunday Times, and Vanity Fair.
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In 1984, Taki Theodoracopulos was arrested for the possession of cocaine, after attempting to board a plane at Heathrow Airport, and served three months in HMP Pentonville.
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Taki Theodoracopulos documented his prison experiences in Nothing to Declare: Prison Memoirs and discussed them in an extended appearance on the British television programme After Dark.
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In 2002, Taki Theodoracopulos founded The American Conservative magazine with Pat Buchanan and Scott McConnell.
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In 2004, The Guardian criticised Taki Theodoracopulos for expressing racist views directed against West Indians, Puerto Ricans, and Jews, among others.
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Taki Theodoracopulos appeared in the 2013 James Toback film Seduced and Abandoned as himself.
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Taki Theodoracopulos received criticism for writing in support of the Greek far-right political party Golden Dawn, describing them as "good old-fashioned patriotic Greeks" in a 2013 editorial.
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Taki Theodoracopulos further added that he had requested the editor to inform Theodoracopulos that he should not return to that topic following its publication.
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Taki Theodoracopulos's lawyer indicated that he would appeal the verdict by a Swiss court.
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Taki Theodoracopulos has an interest in Asian martial arts, and holds a black belt in karate.
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Taki Theodoracopulos owned a 37.5-metre yacht named Bushido that was put up for sale in 2012.