Age, Biography, and Wiki
Evangelos Marinakis was born on July 30, 1967, in Greece. He is 57 years old as of 2025. Marinakis is extensively involved in the shipping and soccer sectors, with his business ventures contributing significantly to his net worth. His family background and early life have not been extensively detailed in public sources, but his professional achievements are well-documented on platforms like Wikipedia.
| Occupation | Politician |
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| Date of Birth | 30 July 1967 |
| Age | 57 Years |
| Birth Place | Piraeus, Greece |
| Horoscope | Leo |
| Country | Greece |
Height, Weight & Measurements
There is no publicly available information on Marinakis's height, weight, or other physical measurements.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Marinakis is married and has four children. However, specific details about his marital life and relationships are not widely available.
Having "grown his shipping empire from the small company he took over from his father, which controlled seven bulk carriers", he is regarded as one of the most important and influential shipping personalities worldwide. He was included in the Lloyd's List "One Hundred Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry" list, ranking 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, 84th in 2011, and 88th in 2010. He was also included in the TradeWinds "Power 100" list of the ‘top shipowners and operators", ranking 31st in 2012 and 75th in 2010. In 2014 and 2010 he was awarded the "Newsmaker of the Year" award at the annual Lloyd's List "Greek Shipping Awards", while in 2009 his company, Capital Ship Management Corp. was awarded the "Tanker Company of the Year" award. In 2016, he was awarded the first ever "Xenakoudis Excellence in Shipping Award" by the International Registries, Inc./The Marshall Islands Registry. In November 2017, Marinakis received the Lloyd's List "Greek Shipping Personality of the Year" Award at a special ceremony in Athens. Nigel Lowry of Lloyd's List said Marinakis was the "outstanding candidate" for the award and noted his $1 billion investment in fleet capacity in 2017, his "dynamic dealmaking" in the shipping sector, as well as a range of other activities across philanthropy, sports and media.
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| Husband | Athanasia Marinakis |
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Marinakis's net worth is estimated to be around $5 billion, with some sources suggesting it could be as high as $5.05 billion. His net worth has increased significantly from $3.70 billion in 2024. Marinakis's wealth primarily comes from his shipping business, Capital Maritime Trading Corp., and his involvement in soccer as the owner of Nottingham Forest.
Career, Business, and Investments
Marinakis's career is marked by his leadership in the shipping industry through his company, Capital Maritime Trading Corp. He is also a significant figure in the soccer world, notably as the owner of Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos F.C. His business acumen and strategic investments have contributed to his substantial wealth.
Evangelos "Vangelis" Marinakis (Ευάγγελος (Βαγγέλης) Μαρινάκης), born 30 July 1967) is a Greek businessman and investor, the principal shareholder of a number of companies operating in the shipping, media and football sectors. Marinakis is the son of shipowner and politician Miltiadis Marinakis from Crete. He entered the Greek shipping industry in 2005 by founding "Capital Maritime & Trading Corp". In 2010, he acquired a majority stake in the Greek football team Olympiacos and became its president. The team won the 2023–2024 UEFA Europa Conference League, making it the first and only Greek team to achieve this.
Marinakis is notable in both the shipping and football sectors. Lloyd's List has included him in its "One Hundred Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry" since 2010, ranking him 16th in the 2024 list.
Marinakis is more widely recognized for his significant involvement in football, which has been associated with various controversial allegations, including match-fixing and referee interference. However, he has been acquitted in all related cases. In 2018, he was also implicated in the Noor 1 ship case but was cleared of all charges due to insufficient evidence. Due to his involvement in Greek sporting, political and business worlds, Marinakis has been labelled as a Greek oligarch.
He is the only son of Miltiadis Marinakis and Irini Marinaki (née Karakatsani). He was a shipowner, a Member of the Greek Parliament and, at times, a financial supporter of Piraeus football club, Olympiacos. Marinakis holds a B.A. in 'International Business Administration' and an M.Sc. in 'International Relations'.
He has been married for many years to Athanasia Marinakis, and they have four children, three girls and a boy. His son Miltiades Marinakis, a London resident, has set up his own company, "Shopflix". The family's permanent residence in Athens is in Paleo Psychiko.
Marinakis is the founder and chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. The Capital Maritime Group which is controlled by the Marinakis family, managed in 2025 a mixed fleet of more than 146 vessels, including tankers, container ships, LNG, LPG/ammonia, LCO2, offshore and dry bulk segments. Capital Group entered the LNG segment in 2018, ordering up to ten LNG ships of a total value of 1.8billion.
From March 2010 until September 2011, Marinakis also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NYSE-listed Crude Carriers Corp. Between March 2007 and December 2014 he was chairman of Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:CPLP). In November 2018, Capital Product Partners L.P. announced the merger of its tanker fleet with DSS Holdings, whose largest shareholder is WL Ross & Co., thus creating one of the biggest listed tanker companies in the world, in a transaction valued at $1.65bn.
From 1992 to 2005, Marinakis was the commercial manager of Capital Ship Management Corp. and oversaw the businesses of the group of companies that now form Capital Maritime. For the past decades, he has also been active in several other family-controlled businesses all related to the shipping industry.
On 5 December 2023, Marinakis, through his newly established company Capital Offshore, invested $106 million to purchase a fleet of seven platform supply vessels.
Following his takeover of Forest, Marinakis aimed for the club to qualify for Europe within five years, as well as having a redeveloped stadium and training ground. Although Forest announced £50 million plans to redevelop to the City Ground and the Nigel Doughty Academy, on 29 June 2022, they won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years, justifying the efforts and dreams of Marinakis. In November 2023, he completed the takeover of Portuguese club Rio Ave, investing over €20.5 million to reportedly settle debts and upgrade facilities, in collaboration with football agent Jorge Mendes.
In September 2016, Marinakis, through his company Alter Ego Media, won one of four national television licenses auctioned in Greece after spending EUR 73.9m ($82.8m) in a highly unusual competitive bidding process. The license was however revoked on 26 October 2016 since the Greek Council of State held that the TV license law of Minister of State Nikos Pappas was unconstitutional.
On 27 January 2025, Alter Ego Media was officially listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, with demand for shares surpassing the offering by 11.9 times, successfully raising approximately 57 million euros.
On 6 December 2024, Marinakis received the Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards "Tanker Company of the Year Award". The award recognized Capital Group's investments in technologies supporting the energy transition, including dual-fuel ammonia and LNG vessels, as well as large liquefied CO2 carriers.
Social Network
Information on Marinakis's social media presence is limited, but he is often covered in news and business publications due to his high-profile business dealings.
The Nottingham Post noted that Marinakis' acquisition of the club heralds "an exciting future that gives genuine reason for optimism". Meanwhile, manager Mark Warburton commented that he expected Marinakis and his team to be ambitious for Nottingham Forest. "[T]hey are aware of the club's stature and they are good football people," Warburton was quoted as saying.
In February 2021, Marinakis wrote the lyrics of the hit song "Excitement" ("Eksapsi") by Greek pop star Natassa Theodoridou. Following the song's release, it reached one million views on Youtube within the first six days.
Education
Specific details about Marinakis's educational background are not widely available. However, his entrepreneurial success in the shipping and sports sectors suggests a strong understanding of business and finance.
In summary, Evangelos Marinakis is a wealthy Greek businessman with a significant presence in shipping and soccer. His net worth reflects his successful business ventures and strategic investments across these industries.
On 31 January 2024, Marinakis hosted a conference at the City Ground with Harvard University and the Lilian Thuram Foundation focusing on tackling racism and gender inequality in football.
During his presidency, Olympiacos has funded the daily meals of a thousand people weekly, through the benevolent fund of "Genesios Theotokos" parish in the Athens suburb of Nikaia and the Syros Holy Church. In 2010, Olympiacos hosted a UNDP Match Against Poverty which raised over US$500,000 for earthquake stricken Haiti and Pakistan. Approximately a thousand food portions and clothing items were distributed daily to refugees stranded at the Port of Piraeus. In February 2014, he donated €500,000 for school repairs in the Greek island of Cephalonia, which was hit by destructive earthquakes. In October 2013, Olympiacos and UNICEF launched a partnership to immunize children in developing countries, featuring UNICEF’s logo on the players’ jerseys, with the target to raise €2 million in two years. In August 2017, the club announced that the partnership would be renewed with a focus on a new multi-year campaign. In June 2012, Marinakis repurchased Greek national debt, with a face value of €1,364,000 by offering the amount of €168,590 on behalf of each of Olympiacos' 55 Greek players and employees, to Peter Nomikos’ NGO ‘Greece Debt Free’ (GDF). In the past, Olympiacos has supported the Japan earthquake relief fund, and acted in support to the non-profit environmental organization Arcturos, the pediatric clinics of St Sofia hospital in Athens and the General Hospital in Limassol, various blood collection campaigns, Greek and international children's charities, including Elpida, the Steven Gerrard Foundation, the Hatzikyriakos Foundation. Marinakis is also in the process of creating the Olympiacos charity foundation.
In September 2017, Marinakis sponsored a special conference in Athens in partnership with Harvard University, to focus on football's social responsibility, with specific reference to refugees. At the event, Marinakis said: "football can cross borders, overcome ancient enmity and bring millions of people around the world together". In November 2017, Marinakis led an aid effort, through Olympiacos, to bring relief to the victims of massive flooding that hit the town of Mandra in the Attica region of Greece. The effort, included a large quantity of food, bottled water, and other daily necessities sent to those struggling in the aftermath of the flooding. In July 2018, Marinakis donated €1 million through Olympiacos, to help the victims of the deadliest wildfires to hit Greece in decades, which swept through an area near Athens. "In these difficult times, all us Greeks need to stand united at the side of our fellow citizens who suffer", the team said in a statement. In April 2019, fundraising was completed for the creation of the "Miltiadis Marinakis Professorship for Modern Greek Language and Culture" at the Ohio State University where the local Greek community raised $1 million with Evangelos Marinakis as lead sponsor. This move will safeguard the operation of the OSU ‘Modern Greek Studies’ department that was destined to close. In November 2020, Nottingham Forest supported Framework's Homeless to Home Challenge major fundraising campaign to combat homelessness. Marinakis was praised for the tremendous support. In the same month, Nottingham Forest also supported Football Shirt Friday going the extra mile. Marinakis was commended for his ongoing community support. In December 2020, Angeliki Frangou and Marinakis teamed up to present a $1.8 million donation to an Athens hospital. The money funded 12 new intensive care beds.
