Businessman

The most high-paid Wall Street lady

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Zoe Cruz is a Greek-born banking executive and former President of Morgan Stanley. In 2006, she ranked 10th on the list of Forbes Magazine’s Most Powerful Women of the World. Zoe Cruz was born Zoe Papadimitriou on 2nd February, 1955, in Greece. At the age...

Achievements

A Pontian master in the art of car engineering

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At the early age of 7, Tassos Charalampidis relocated to Germany with his parents, where he has been living for the last 42 years, far from his homeland, having successfully built a business that would make everyone jealous. His passion for cars, for Porsche in...

Fingerprints

Creating a giant of green cleaning products with a $22 budget

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[:el] Eftyhis Vlahakis was born and raised at Chania. He died on April 6th, 2014. His dream was to become a doctor, but due to financial hurdles he was urged to leave Greece at the age of 17 to pursue a better life in the...

Famous Greeks

Creating a giant in the medical device manufacturing industry

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Peter Nicholas ranks among the richest Greek Americans in the world. With John Abele, he founded the medical device firm Boston Scientific venturing at the top for over 25 years. Peter’s parents are of Greek descent. He graduated the Duke University in 1964 and continued...

Famous Greeks

I inherited my Greek father’s determination

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[:el] Michael Capellas is a famous executive of the international technology business market, with a successful career in 12 influential firms. Born in Ohio on August 19th, 1955, Capellas is currently Chairman and formerly CEO of VCE, a joint venture of Cisco and EMC with...

Famous Greeks

Top of international industrial designers

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Born in Sydney 45 years ago, Mark Newson developed a strong liking for design since his early age and actually walked down this path. He’s currently one of the most accomplished and influential world’s industrial designers and has worked for cutting edge firms across the...

Famous Greeks

The most influential billionaire politician in the United States

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Peterson was born on June 5, 1926 in Nebraska to Greek immigrant parents. He’s a businessman, banker, author and politician and has prominently served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972 to February 1, 1973 under President Nixon. Currently he’s considered...

Famous Greeks

The Queen of web news content

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[:el] Chairman of The Huffington Post Media Group, Arianna Huffington is internationally notorious thanks to her news website The Huffington Post. Guardian ranks Arianna at #42 of the most influential world’s media personas and she’s also named the Queen of Web News Content. She has been...

Famous Greeks

A Greek employed by Facebook

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[:el] Toli Lerios is a software engineering developer. He was born and raised in Greece. His mother’s origins are from Alexandria and his father’s from Volos. He graduated high school in Greece and chose to start his academic studies at Stanford University in California, although...

Famous Greeks

The famous Greek President of the Chicago Bears

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[:el] Since 1984, businessman Ted Phillips of Greek descent has been a member of Chicago Bears and at the wheel of the club since 1999, making him only the fourth president in team history. Before joining the Bears, he had worked as an auditor and...

The most high-paid Wall Street lady

A Pontian master in the art of car engineering

Creating a giant of green cleaning products with a $22 budget

Creating a giant in the medical device manufacturing industry

I inherited my Greek father’s determination

Top of international industrial designers

The most influential billionaire politician in the United States

The Queen of web news content

A Greek employed by Facebook

The famous Greek President of the Chicago Bears

The enchanting “heart” of the Peloponnese

Τhe mapping of the human brain unites the science of biology and...

The man who mapped the human brain

Dr. Ioanna (Joan) Vernikos – The first Greek female scientist at NASA

Katerina Gogou – The carefree girl of Greek cinema who was anything...

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

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