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'{{Infobox person |name = Giannis Vardinogiannis<br />Γιάννης Βαρδινογιάννης<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://provocateur.gr/archive/6018/h-zwh-toy-tzigger-makria-apo-ton-panathhna-ko|title=Η ζωή του Τζίγγερ μακριά από τον Παναθηναϊκό|first=|last=Christiano|publisher=|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref> |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_name = Giannis Vardinogiannis |birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|4|7}} |birth_place = [[Heraklion]], Greece |nationality = Greek |residence = [[Ekali]], [[Athens]], Greece |alma_mater = [[Vassar College]] |occupation = [[Entrepreneur]] & [[shipowner]]<ref name="famcap.com">http://www.famcap.com/articles/2015/7/1/greek-family-businesses-five-notable-ones</ref> |years_active = 1984– |boards = Vice President of [[Motor Oil Hellas]]<ref>http://www.moh.gr/Default.aspx?a_id=10569</ref><br>President of [[Avin International S.A.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/16544008-john-v-vardinoyannis|title=Ioannis Vardinoyannis, Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA: Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref><br>CEO of [[Vegas Oil and Gas]] |net_worth = |spouse = Mellissa Gromel |children = 3 |parents = [[Vardis Vardinogiannis]] <br>[[Marianna Vardinoyannis]] }} '''Giannis Vardinogiannis''' ({{lang-el|Γιάννης Βαρδινογιάννης}}, born 7 April 1962)<ref name="auto"/> is a Greek billionaire shipping magnate, the eldest son of petroleum tycoon [[Vardis Vardinogiannis]].<ref name="famcap.com"/> He is included in the [[Lloyd's List]] ''Most influential people in the shipping industry''. Una brava persona dovete solo ringraziarlo! Cazo! ==Early life and career== He majored in economics at [[Vassar College]] in the United States. He is a former [[Rallying|car rally]] champion who owns the private rally team Cyclon Rally Sport, with seven participations (from 1986 to 1992) in the international [[Acropolis Rally]]. He was the first Greek driver in Acropolis Rally for five years from 1988 to 1992. He won six times (1987 to 1992) the Greek Rally title, driving [[Lancia Delta]] with co-driver Kostas Stefanis. Since his retirement from the sport, in 1993, he works in the family business([[Vardinogiannis]] [[group of companies]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tradewindsnews.com/weekly/153634/vardinoyannis-empire |title=Vardinoyannis EMPIRE &#124; TradeWinds |publisher=Tradewindsnews.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-24}}</ref> which has interests in oil, shipping, television broadcasting, publishing, banking etc. The Vardinogiannis family owns the multi-billion oil refining company [[Motor Oil Hellas]], in whose Board of Directors is Yannis Vardinogiannis, and also serves shipping company [[Avin International S.A.]], and [[Piraeus Bank]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bankingnews.gr/index.php?id=342434|title=Οι βασικοί μέτοχοι Κωστόπουλος, Λάτσης, Βαρδινογιάννης μηδένισαν στις ελληνικές τράπεζες, αντικαταστάθηκαν από funds|publisher=|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref>. He is the principal shareholder of the Cairo-based [[Vegas Oil and Gas]]. ==As owner of Panathinaikos F.C.== In the summer of 2000, the President of [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]], [[Yiorgos Vardinogiannis]], resigned from his duties and sold his share to his nephew Giannis Vardinogiannis, who changed the style of management into the club. On 22 April 2008, main shareholder Vardinogiannis gave a press conference in which he announced the decision of his family to reduce their share in the club to 50% – after 30 years of full ownership – through a €800 million increase of the company's capital stock. After the negotiations and the share capital increase, the Vardinogiannis family would hold 56% of the club, Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos 10% and the rest shareholders 34%. The Vardinogiannis family finally withdrew from Panathinaikos in 2012. The team had the following successes as an owner of Panathinaikos: - Quarter-finals in Champions League: 2001-02 - Quarter-finals in Uefa Cup: 2002-03 - Greek Championship: 2004, 2010 - Greek Cup: 2004, 2010 ==Political views== In February 2015 Vardinogiannis said in a statement to [[Reuters]] that the new Prime Minister of Greece [[Alexis Tsipras]] had a valid point in attacking the corrupted Greek oligarchs.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grey |first=Stephen |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/17/uk-eurozone-greece-corruption-insight-idUKKBN0LL13K20150217 |title=Insight - PM Tsipras declares war at home on Greece's 'oligarchs' &#124; Reuters |publisher=Uk.reuters.com |date=2015-02-17 |accessdate=2015-10-24}}</ref> ==See also== *[[Panathinaikos FC]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.vegasoil.com/}} *{{Official website|http://www.rally.gr/}} *{{Official website|http://www.rallybase.nl/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vardinogiannis, Giannis}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Greek businesspeople]] [[Category:Greek football chairmen and investors]] [[Category:Greek rally drivers]] [[Category:Vassar College alumni]] [[Category:Greek male sport shooters]] [[Category:Panathinaikos A.O.]] [[Category:Panathinaikos F.C.]] {{Greece-business-bio-stub}}'