User:Demetris Michalaki/sandbox

= Demetri Michalakis = Demetri Michalakis (born July 21, 1970) is a billionaire Cypriot and a United Arab Emirates resident businessman. Since 1992, he has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Inter-M Traders Group of Companies, a Global and one of the most innovative Private Equity Family Offices.

Michalakis net worth is estimated at USD1.7 billion. He is one of only a few Cypriot businessmen to have attained this level of personal wealth, his success stemming from a wide range of international investments and partnerships.

Early Life and Education
Michalakis was born in Limassol, Cyprus, and is one of three children to Anastasia and Aristotle Michalakis.

From 1987-1989, Michalakis served as a Lieutenant in the Cypriot and Greek Armies. He then migrated to the United States of America for studies, where he attended the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). It was while studying at NJIT that Michalakis started his first businesses, which provided him with the grounding to launch his Private Equity Firm.

Career
Michalakis founded Inter-M Traders as a Private Equity Investment Fund (Family Office). Inter-M Traders funded numerous oil exploration projects in the United States of America, Gulf of Mexico, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Aside from Michalakis capital raising and investment delivery undertakings, the projects required the creation of complex financial structures involving other hedge funds and banks located in the United States of America, Europe, and Asia.

Michalakis also held the title of Chairman at the China International Investors Association (CIIA).

Unlike a traditional family offices and private equity firms, Michalakis invests in start-up companies and innovative technology. This became possible by various holding company structures, with experienced operators seeking to partner with the Company for traditional buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth and acquisition capital financing. To date, Michalakis has completed over 200 acquisitions and investments.

One of Michalakis core business ventures has been in the development of crude oil and refinery equipment. His Company started work in this sector during the early 1990s in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions. The business and technological advancements that the Company developed during this time have now spread across the globe.

Inter-M Traders
Inter-M Traders is a privately operated international private equity investment fund (Family Office) with offices in, Cyprus, United States of America, United Arab Emirates and Asia. The Company focuses largely on the physical supply of energy products, with the Company’s core business interests lying in the Mediterranean, Europe, Russia, and the Middle East.

The Company has distinguished itself by maximizing the value of crude oil through its ability to turn intelligence into a sizable market advantage. The company specializes in the processing, blending, and trading of crude oil and petroleum products, and works with new crude streams in the larger Mediterranean area, the Middle East, Black Sea, Far East, and other major oil markets.

In its’ 30-year history, the Company has raised more than USD60 billion in capital investment.

Other Projects
In addition to Michalakis involvement in venture capital, commodities trading, and oil exploration, he is now focused on investments in wireless and satellite communications. Further to this, he has also expanded his holdings into the United States of America and European shipping sector, where he has partnered with established shipping families and operating companies to acquire and charter assets including trading and ship management.

Michalakis has recently also entered the field of biotechnology where he has acquired several technology companies. Of particular interest, is the work being done at Cell Science Ltd, Bakhu Holdings Corp, Blackhawk Science Inc, Mentone Ltd, and various other companies.

He has also served as a key Partner at Blackhawk Partners Inc, United State of America from 2008–2018.

Bakhu Holding Corp. is a United States of America public listed biotechnology solutions company with laboratories across the globe. Under the guidance of Michalakis, Cell Science research and development, has resulted in securing several global patents and intellectual properties. The main thrust of their work is the development of Cannabis Sativa plant cells with the ability to produce harmless strains of CBD and THC for the medicinal market. The process is revolutionizing the cannabis industry by not only reducing costs compared to conventional cannabis production methods but by using the technology in a medicinal aspect and making Cannabis Sativa safer as a plant in general.

Michalakis Company is also involved in multiple lucrative projects in partnership with the Royal Family in the United Arab Emirates.

Personal Life
In 2019, Michalakis married Elena, whom he met in Athens, Greece.

Michalakis has three children, Aristotle and RosaMaria, and Anastasia. Aristotle attended Penn State University Business School where he gained a BSC in Risk Management and a Minor in International Business. RosaMaria attended Hofstra University where she gained a BA in Biology and a Minor in Disability Studies.