Evangelos Marinakis

Evangelos Marinakis is an international businessman, investor and philanthropist. He first made his name in the shipping industry, but has since invested in sports, media, consumer services, green energy  and real estate.

Besides his business and sporting interests, Evangelos also actively supports UNICEF, the 'Miltiadis Marinakis Professorship for Modern Greek Language and Culture' at the Ohio State University, the 'Kazantzakis Museum' in Crete, a wide range of community and infrastructure projects across the port city of Piraeus and a number of other charitable causes both in Greece and around the world.

Evangelos is the Founder and Chairman of Capital Maritime Trading Corp. He is one of the leading shipowners in the maritime industry.

Capital Maritime and its affiliated companies operate a total fleet of 166 ships with an overall tonnage of approximately 14.7 million tonnes (dwt), across the tanker, container, LNG, LPG/Ammonia, LCO2, offshore and dry bulk segments. The fleet under management includes the vessels of Nasdaq-listed Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. (‘CCEC’).

Since 2010, he has been included annually in the British shipping publication Lloyd’s List “One Hundred Most Influential People in Shipping,” ranking 10th in 2025;16th in 2024; 22nd in 2023; 41st in 2022; 47th in 2021; 59th in 2020, 2019, and 2018; 66th in 2017; 61st in 2016; 65th in 2015; 67th in 2014; 73rd in 2013; 84th in 2012 and 2011; and 88th in 2010. In June 2024, Evangelos Marinakis received an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. In December 2024, Evangelos received the “Tanker Company of the Year” award at the Lloyd’s List Greek Awards. Since 2022, he has been an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Greek Shipowners.

Since the summer of 2010, Evangelos Marinakis has been the leader and main shareholder of the greatest and most popular football club in Greece, Olympiacos. Under his leadership, Olympiacos achieved the conquest of the UEFA Europa Conference League 2023-2024 and became the first Greek team with a European title in their trophy cabinet. It is also the only Greek club that has won the European Championship at the Youth level, the UEFA Youth League 2023-2024 and the first ever club in UEFA’s history to win two European titles in the same season.

In 2017, Evangelos broadened his sporting activities further when he became the majority owner of the most historic English football club, Nottingham Forest FC. Under his leadership, the Club returned to the top tier of English football, the Premier League, in May 2022 after 23 years, and during the 2024–2025 season, he led the team to European qualification through UEFA Europa League for the first time in 30 years.

Evangelos Marinakis is the founder and majority shareholder of Alter Ego Media, the largest media and entertainment group in Greece and one of the fastest-growing integrated media platforms in Southern Europe. Listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, Alter Ego Media has undergone a remarkable transformation and expansion in recent years, building a fully diversified ecosystem across publishing, broadcasting, digital media, content creation and live entertainment. The Group owns and operates leading national news brands, major television assets, premium digital platforms and a rapidly expanding presence in live experiences and cultural entertainment. With strong financial performance, accelerating audience reach and a clear innovation-driven strategy, Alter Ego Media is pursuing ambitious international growth, partnerships and investments aimed at positioning the Group as a modern European media & entertainment powerhouse with global relevance.

Ιn 2014, his passion for his home city of Piraeus led him to get involved in local civic life. Together with the current Mayor of Piraeus, Yiannis Moralis, they founded the independent electoral alliance called "Piraeus Winner", which contested and won the consecutive municipal elections of 2014, 2019 and 2023. Evangelos participated in 2014 and 2019 and was voted first member of the City Council with 14,010 and 15,816 votes respectively - record votes in the history of local council elections.

Evangelos Marinakis was born in 1967 in the Greek port city of Piraeus. He is the son of Miltiadis Marinakis, a shipowner and politician from Crete. His mother is Irene Karakatsani, whose family hail from the Pontus region and descend from the prominent Ypsilantis family. Throughout his life, he has been a strong supporter of actions to commemorate the victims of the genocide of the Greeks of Pontus, a lesser known tragedy in which around 350,000 Greeks perished.

Evangelos is married to Athanasia Kassioti and they have four children.