Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
Among the 25 most powerful businesswomen in the world
Angeliki Frangou is Chairman and CEO of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. In addition, she has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime Partners L.P. an affiliated limited partnership. She is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation and...
Professor of Space Physics in UCLA
Vassilis Angelopoulos is a Professor of Space Physics in the Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (Space Science Center) at UCLA and Principal Investigator for NASA. UCLA is recognized internationally as a leader in the plasma physics of space. Research done...
Director of Research in the National Centre for Scientific Research of France
[:el] Athena Coustenis is Deputy Director of the new Europlanet Society, Director of Research 1st class with the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) of France, working at Paris Observatory in Meudon, Paris. She collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) as also with NASA...
From Symi to Manhattan
Merkourios Angeliades is the founder and President of Angeliades. Inc, one the largest construction companies in New York. He is among the 50 richest Greeks in United States. His company is the fifth largest in New York and among the top 400 in the country....
Top professor of surgery worldwide
[:el] George Velmahos is a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and he is internationally acknowledged as a top scientist in his field. Moreover, he’s the Division Chief of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Velmahos’s...
The neuroscientist focusing on thought-controlled movement
Miguel Nicolelis is a Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University in the United States and the Head of the revolutionary Walk Again project developed by an international team of neuroscientists. Nicolelis of Greek origin was born in São Paulo and claims that his 10-year long...
Founder of the top banking software company
George Koukis is the founder of Temenos, a technology company based in Switzerland and one of the internationally top private and retail banking software developers. He ranks #154 in the financial magazine BRW Rich 200 list, with estimated worth at $325 million. According to the...
Mainstay of the Diaspora in Australia
[:el] Harry Stamoulis is the Head of Stamoulis Property Group, founded by his father, and together with his sister Melina he currently runs the company. Stamoulis Property Group owns land and property in Australia and Greece. The Stamoulis family ranks among the wealthiest Greek families...
They call him the “Golden Greek”
Gene Rossides is one of the best Greek American football players, a lawyer and a politician, having served three administrations of the United States. He’s also the founder of the American Hellenic Institute. Rossides was born in Brooklyn in 1927 to Greek parents. He’s widely...
A billionaire famous for revamping companies
[:el] Dean Metropoulos is a Greek American investor and businessman. He owns Pabst Brewing and according to Forbes magazine he has a net-worth of $2,4 billion. He ranks in the Forbes 400 list, together with the wealthiest people in the United States and the 20...