Peter G. Livanos (born 1958), is a Greek shipping tycoon. He owns the Greek shipping company Ceres Hellenic, and was involved in the restructuring of the shipping company into the group Ceres Hellenic.
Peter G. Livanos | |
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| Παναγιώτης Λιβανός | |
| Born | 1958 Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | shipping businessman |
| Years active | 1982– |
| Board member of | Owner of Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Shareholder of Aston Martin |
Livanos lives with his family at Lake Geneva, Athens and London. He controls 100% of Ceres Hellenic Shipping, the largest Greek fleet, in terms of tonnage, and a smaller ferry line of Russian-made hydrofoils that serve the Greek Islands.[1]
Livanos is a graduate of The Buckley School in New York, Le Rosey in Switzerland and Columbia University in New York, from which he graduated with a B.S. degree in 1981.[2] He is known for his yachting and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.[3] He was also a majority shareholder of the car manufacturer Aston Martin.[4]
According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, his net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion in 2015 and he has been ranked among the wealthiest Greeks.[5][6]
He is the son of the shipping magnate George P. Livanos, who built up Greece’s largest merchant fleet in the 1980s and 1990s.[7] His maternal grandfather is the Greek businessman Yiannis Carras, and he is a distant relative of Stavros G. Livanos by his father's side.
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- ^ Staff, T. N. H. "The Ten Wealthiest Greeks in Greece". The National Herald. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Says, Mpwjsmeahq (20 June 2019). "Shipping titan Peter Livanos lays out his vision for LNG's future". FreightWaves. Retrieved 21 May 2020.