Constantinos Tsakiris (Κωνσταντίνος Τσακίρης; born c. 1971) is a Greek
shipowner and a banker in the United States.
He was owner of
Greek Super League side
Panionios
Panionios G.S.S. Football Club ( Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'' ...
after acquiring 85% of the club in the summer of 2006. One of his first actions was to alter the name of Panionios to its original name Panionios GSS (which stands for "Πανιώνιος Γυμνάστικος Σύλλογος Σμύρνης" or Panionios Gymnastic Club of
Smyrna) and hire
Ewald Lienen as first team manager. He would watch Panionios matches from gate 3 along with the "Panthers" - the oldest and most notorious
fan club
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of Panionios. Constantinos Tsakiris is also the chairman and managing director of Paradise Navigation SA, a shipping management company established in Greece and founded back in 1968, as Navipower Compania Naviera SA, by the Tsakiris family, a traditional Greek ship-owning and operating family.
In 2007, he was on the successful bidding committee for
Volos and
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
to host the 17th
Mediterranean Games
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to be held in 2013.
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References
1971 births
Living people
Greek businesspeople in shipping
Greek football chairmen and investors
Panionios
Panionios F.C.
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