Mavroeidis "Makis" Angelopoulos (alternate spellings: Mavroidis, Makis, Aggelopoulos) (

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: Μαυροειδής "Μάκης" Αγγελόπουλος) is the co-owner of the

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team

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

Early life

Angelopoulos was born in

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, south

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and was raised in central

Business career

Neurosoft

Neurosoft was founded back in 1994. Currently maintains subsidiaries in

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and

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and presence in

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and

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. Since 2009 started on the AIM market of the

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, the trading of company's shares. In fact, it was the first IT company entered this market. Also, shareholders in the company are

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(with a rate of 30%) and Lottomatica/Gtech (with a rate of 16.6%).

AEK Athens B.C.

In October, 2014, Angelopoulos became active for Greek basketball team AEK, in order to bring the club back to success. On November 24, 2014, Angelopoulos became

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of AEK after he took the majority stake of the team (with a rate of 76%). On October 9, 2015, Angelopoulos became chairman of AEK B.C. He produced the 2018

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film

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which was directed by

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References

External links

AEK B.C. site
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