E vangelos Marinakis is a powerful and often controversial Greek shipping and media magnate. He is the founder and chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp., a major player in the global shipping industry with a large fleet of tankers, container ships, and dry bulk carriers. He inherited the foundation of his shipping business from his late father, Miltiadis Marinakis.

In addition to his vast shipping empire, Marinakis is a dominant figure in the world of sports and media. He is the owner of Olympiacos F.C., the most successful and popular soccer club in Greece, as well as the English soccer club Nottingham Forest. He also controls Alter Ego Media, a major media group in Greece with television channels and newspapers. His career has been marked by both immense business success and a series of legal controversies and accusations, including match-fixing and drug trafficking, of which he has been acquitted.