Spyros Niarchos
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Spyros Stavros Niarchos (Greek: Σπύρος Νιάρχος; born 1955) is a Greek shipping magnate. He is the second son of Stavros Niarchos and Eugenia Livanos, and through his mother the grandson of Stavros G. Livanos.
Biography
In 1955 Vickers Armstrongs Shipbuilders Ltd launched for Stavros Niarchos what was then the World's largest supertanker.[1] The 30,708 GRT[2] ship was named SS Spyros Niarchos[1] after his new son.
In 1987, while skiing in Switzerland, he met 19-year-old Daphne Guinness (artist, socialite and an heiress of the Guinness family) and they soon married.[3] The marriage ended in divorce, with Guinness receiving a $39 million settlement in 1999.[3]
The couple has three children:
- Nicolas Stavros Niarchos (born 1989)
- Alexis Spyros Niarchos (born 1991)
- Ines Sophia Niarchos (born 1995)
Relationships
In January 1999, Niarchos was a witness at the wedding of his best friend,
References
- ^ ISBN 0-11-290320-7.
- ^ Meare, David. "Tirgoviste and Spyros Niarchos". Shipspotting.com. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Heiress apparent". The Sunday Times. 21 October 2007.