Evangelos Marinakis, Founder & Chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp.

Evangelos Marinakis is the founder and Chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. The Capital Group currently controls a fleet of 130 vessels, with an overall tonnage of 12.5 million tonnes (dwt) approx, across the tanker, container, LNG, LPG/Ammonia, LCO2, offshore, and dry bulk segments. The fleet under management includes the vessels of Nasdaq-listed Capital Product Partners L.P. (‘CPLP’). Mr. Marinakis has a successful track record of more than 30 years in shipping and capital markets having successfully completed two IPOs and two major M&A transactions in the US markets and having grown the Capital companies throughout the shipping cycles. Having first made his name in the shipping industry, Mr. Marinakis has since invested in sports, media, consumer services, green energy and real estate. As the owner of Olympiacos FC and Nottingham Forest FC, Mr. Marinakis has left an indelible mark in Greek, English and European football history. Mr. Marinakis actively supports a number of 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, a wide range of community and infrastructure projects across the port city of Piraeus and Crete.