Evangelos Marinakis
Founder & Chairman
Capital Maritime & Trading Corp

Evangelos Marinakis is the founder and chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp and a leading shipowner in the maritime industry. Capital Maritime and its affiliated companies operate a total fleet of 122 ships with an overall tonnage of approximately 12.5 million tonnes (dwt), across the tanker, container, LNG, LPG/Ammonia, LCO2, PSV and dry bulk segments. The fleet under management includes the vessels of Nasdaq-listed Capital Product Partners L.P. (‘CPLP’). Since 2010, Mr. Marinakis has been recognized amongst Lloyd's List "One Hundred Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry" annually, while in 2023 he received the "Deal of the Decade Award" at the Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards. He is a BoD member of the Union of Greek Shipowners. Mr. Marinakis is also the owner of the largest and fully integrated media group in Greece with a leading presence across all markets (TV, digital, radio, press, audiovisual productions). Alter Ego Media S.A. owns and operates Mega TV (the #1 FTA TV station in Greece), the most popular and most historic daily and Sunday newspapers (“ TA NEA” and “TO VIMA”), a radio station, a portfolio of magazines, several digital media, Red Productions S.A. and the largest TV library in Greece. Since 2010, Mr. Marinakis is the owner of the emblematic, Olympiacos FC while in 2017, he became the majority owner of the historic Nottingham Forest FC. A stern believer in active climate protection and recovery, in 2021 Mr. Marinakis became the largest individual investor of the leading Renewable Energy Company, TERNA ENERGY, adding a major ESG component to the Marinakis Family Group of Companies. Mr. Marinakis actively supports several charitable and cultural causes both in Greece and around the world, such as the "Miltiadis Marinakis Endowed Professorship for Modern Greek Language and Culture" at Ohio State University, the Kazantzakis Museum in Crete, UNICEF, UNHCR, as well as a wide range of community and infrastructure projects across the port city of Piraeus.