Andreas Vgenopoulos (10 December 1953 − 5 November 2016) was the chairman of

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and was a major shareholder of

Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional Association football, footbal ...

. Vgenopoulos resigned from Panathinaikos in June 2010 citing differences with

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. His departure disappointed the fans of Panathinaikos. Vgenopoulos owned 1% of Marfin Popular Bank and 1,5% of the Marfin Investment Group. He had also been a Greek champion of Panathinaikos' Fencing department.Andreas Vgenopoulos at Sports Reference
/ref> He is considered as one of the criminals who created the

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, causing enormous issues and eventual closure of Marfin Laiki Bank. Furthemore, his death is still being doubt by various countries as staged due to the imprisonment he would have faced.

Education and business career

Vgenopoulos graduated from

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with a degree in Law and from

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(U.S.) with an

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. Vgenopoulos was a shareholder of Panathinaikos FC until June 2010, owning 20% of the club's shares. He was also a member of the board of directors of the club alongside

and

Pavlos Giannakopoulos Pavlos D. Giannakopoulos ( Greek: Παύλος Δ. Γιαννακόπουλος; 20 August 1929 – 10 June 2018) was a Greek businessman, owner and president of Panathinaikos B.C. and president of Panathinaikos AC. In December 2020 his son, ...

. Panathinaikos is now owned by "Panathinaiki Symmahia" (Panthenaic Alliance) with

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as president. Vgenopoulos was also the chairman of

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, the oldest Greek airline. Marfin Investment Group (MIG) bought the company from the Greek government on 1 October 2009. During the last three years, Mr. Vgenopoulos' MIG fund has seen the wealth deteriorate, it is reported that it has lost 95% of its value. Mr. Vgenopoulos is in the process of selling Olympic to Aegean. On 12 July 2016 the Board of Directors of MIG decided on broad changes in the management of the group with the replacement of Andreas Vgenopoulos as Chairman. Andreas Vgenopoulos remained a simple – non-executive – member. On 14 July 2016 he was appointed Chairman – non-executive member – of the Board of Directors of Hygeia Hospital. In January 2008 he proceeded to the creation of the Panathinaikos Union Movement (PEK), with the aim of multi-shareholding or the acquisition of Panathinaikos FC and the strengthening of amateur Panathinaikos. He died on Saturday 5 November 2016, at 03:30, from cardiac arrest, according to a statement issued by Hygeia Hospital of which he was president.

References

External links

grreporter.info

paomprosta.gr
1953 births 2016 deaths Fencers from Athens Greek male fencers Panathinaikos fencers Panathinaikos A.O. Olympic fencers for Greece Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Greek football chairmen and investors Greek businesspeople in shipping National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni 20th-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-business-bio-stub