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Pericles Panagopoulos was born on 29 December, 1935, is a Greek shipping magnate (1935–2019). Discover Pericles Panagopoulos's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?
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Pericles Panagopoulos Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Pericles Panagopoulos's Wife?
His wife is Katerina Nafplioti Panagopoulos
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Alexander Panagopoulos
Irene Panagopoulos |
Pericles Panagopoulos Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Pericles Panagopoulos worth at the age of 83 years old? Pericles Panagopoulos’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businessman. He is from . We have estimated Pericles Panagopoulos's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Pericles Panagopoulos (29 December 1935 – 5 February 2019) was a Greek shipping magnate.
He is considered to have been an institutor of the modern shipping industry, and the most successful Greek shipping magnate since Aristotle Onassis.
He gained acclaim for having created three shipping business entities, in his lifetime.
In 1972 in partnership with Barney A. Ebsworth, he formed Royal Cruise Line.
The m/s Golden Odyssey was the company's first cruise ship.
Built in Helsingor Shipyard and delivered in 1974, she was designed to carry 450 passengers as this was the capacity of the 747 Jumbo Jet airplane.
The company grew with the addition of the 850-passenger Royal Odyssey in 1982 and the 1000-passenger Crown Odyssey in 1988 before getting acquired by Kloster Cruises in 1989.
In 1989, he sold Royal Cruise Lines to Kloster for a reported US$300 million (US$607 million as converted in 2019).
In 1993, Pericles Panagopoulos co-founded with his son Alexander Panagopoulos, Superfast Ferries, as part of the Attica Group, an Athens-listed holding corporation.
In 2007, he sold his Athens-based Attica Group for about US$404 million to Marfin Investment Group (MIG).
He also owns Magna Marine Inc., a modern shipping company that owns and runs modern bulk carriers.
In 2009 he was kidnapped by armed men in Athens.
The kidnapping was orchestrated from prison by Greek crime boss Panagiotis Vlastos, who later made a failed attempt to escape prison, with a helicopter armed with improvised explosive devices and AK-47s.
His family paid a ransom of €30 million (approximately $39 million) to secure Panagopoulos's release.
The ransom was reported by Greek police to be the highest ever paid.
His death was announced by his wife, on Facebook on February 5, 2019.
Panagopoulos was born in a nursing home in Athens.
His father built hotel Veto in Athens.
The hotel was taken over by Nazi officers in WWII, during the Axis occupation of Greece.
After five months of hospitalization, his father died, following a violent attack by the Nazi occupiers.
Leaving the young Pericles and his two half-brothers to be brought up by his widowed mother from Constantinople.