Vardis vardinoyannis biography of nancy

Vardis Vardinogiannis (Greek: Βαρδής Βαρδινογιάννης; born 1933) is a Greek oil and shipping tycoon.[5] He is the chairman and controlling shareholder of Motor Oil Hellas,[6] Vegas Oil and Gas and involved in numerous other shipping and business interests.[7] Vardinogiannis was included in Lloyd's List's Most Influential People in Shipping.

Early life, family

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.

Vardis vardinoyannis biography of nancy

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.
Business interests

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 successf