Vardis Vardinogiannis
| Vardis Vardinogiannis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Vardis J. Vardinogiannis 1933 (age 83–84) Episkopi, Rethymno, Crete, Greece |
| Residence | Ekali, Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | Hellenic Naval Academy |
| Occupation | Oil and shipping businessman |
| Years active | 1959– |
| Known for | Chairman, Motor Oil Hellas Chairman, Vegas Oil and Gas |
| Net worth | US$711.2 million (2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Marianna Vardinoyannis |
| Children |
Giannis Vardinogiannis 4 others |
| Parent(s) | John Vardinogiannis Xrisi Theodoroulakis |
Vardis Vardinogiannis (Greek: Βαρδής Βαρδινογιάννης; born 1933) is a Greek oil and shipping tycoon. He is the chairman and controlling shareholder of Motor Oil Hellas,Vegas Oil and Gas and involved in numerous other shipping and business interests. Vardinogiannis was included in Lloyd's List's Most Influential People in Shipping.
Vardis Vardinogianniswas born in 1933 in Episkopi, Rethymno, Crete, the son of poor farmers. They had eight children, six boys and two girls. Everyone helped in the fields from an early age. Vardinoyannis took elementary school during the Second World War, when Crete was occupied by the Germans. In the postwar years he moved to Athens. Vardinoyannis attended a military school, and in 1951 he obtained the diploma.
Unlike the other more or less patriarchal Greek dynasties, the Vardinogiannis clan has spread its net worldwide and operates as a tight-knit group of relatives controlling numerous successful companies in a variety of sectors. Today their interests range from petroleum and shipping, to banking and media, to real estate and hotels, to publishing and charity work. As of 2015, the Vardinogiannis family have stakes in 98 companies in total in Greece and abroad.
He married Marianna Mpournaki, destined later to become one of the most prominent women of Greece. From the marriage five children were born. He is also the brother of shipping tycoon Yiorgos Vardinogiannis, known for being many years president of Panathinaikos F.C., husband of Marianna Vardinoyannis and father of Giannis Vardinogiannis.
In subsequent years the four brothers continued to extend the group, staying away from publicity. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the group expanded in the new independent states of the former communist bloc, obtaining contracts for the opening of new highways in Ukraine and Georgia. The Vardinoyannis brothers owned the merchant ship Ioanna V which, in 1966, broke the UN-imposed and British-enforced embargo on the Rhodesia regime and brought in oil to the Portuguese Mozambique port of Beira, which was connected with landlocked Rhodesia by a pipeline. This move yielded huge profits to the Group.
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