Entrepreneurship

The homeless who became billionaire

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The Greek Italian John Paul Jones DeJoria is on the Forbes 400 list, with the 400 wealthiest people in America, with a fortune that reaches 3,1billion dollars. His main income source is John Paul Mitchell Systems, his hair products company. Actually, before building his business empire, he...

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The Greek woman luring the Chinese into the secrets of olive oil

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Katerina Stai-Failadis is a Professor of Greek Literature. She was born and raised in Athens and her origins are on the island of Mykonos. After being married, she has been living abroad following the professional steps of her husband, a Communication Consultant in Greek Embassies...

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From the pharmacy in Pagrati to the global market

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[:el] KORRES was established in 1996. The vision of George Korres to create products for the skin, based on the beneficial effects of herbs began from the first homeopathic pharmacy in Athens. Since then the company’s growth was rapid, and today it is among the...

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From nature’s pharmacy to your local pharmacy

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[:el] Lili Pergada’s loyalty to the beneficial qualities of nature was the source of inspiration for a way to place these qualities in the market manufacturing health and wellbeing products. Pergada’s academic studies in the Chemistry Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and her...

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The Greek President of Walt Disney World Resort

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George Kalogridis is a Greek businessman, who after 4 years as the President of Disneyland Resort in California was named President of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Kalogridis was born and raised in Central Florida. His grandparents were immigrants from the island of...

Famous Greeks

The Greek businessman that loved hockey

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Peter Karmanos is the CEO of Compuware Corporation and owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, Plymouth Whalers and Florida Everblades hockey teams. Peter was born on March 11th, 1943 to Greek immigrant parents and had not spoken English before starting elementary school. He graduated Wayne State...

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...

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The Greek who made smartphones smarter

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[:el]Matthew Staikos is president at Staikos Investments, CEO at Vleepo and a Board Member and Advisor at Triggerfox. He was born in 1980 and was raised in Canada. He graduated from the Mechanical and Computer Engineering School of the University of Toronto. In 2003, still as an...

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Greeks put a little sugar in Washington’s bowl

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[:el] Catherine and Sophie learned baking from their grandmother, who relocated from the Greek village of Proti at Serres to the United States to live next to her children. Over the years, her granddaughters’ friends never stopped savouring her baked delicacies, inspiring Catherine and Sophie...

The homeless who became billionaire

The Greek woman luring the Chinese into the secrets of olive oil

From the pharmacy in Pagrati to the global market

From nature’s pharmacy to your local pharmacy

The Greek President of Walt Disney World Resort

The Greek businessman that loved hockey

Creating a giant in the medical device manufacturing industry

I inherited my Greek father’s determination

The Greek who made smartphones smarter

Greeks put a little sugar in Washington’s bowl

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

Alec Issigonis – The Greek behind the legendary Mini Cooper

Metsovo – An Autumn Fairytale in the Pindus

Stefanos Ntouskos – The Greek Who Carried His Country with Oars

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