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Demetri Marchessini (born 20 July 1934 in Athens) is a British businessman and polemicist.

Education
He was educated at Williams College, Massachusetts, and at Harvard Law School, Harvard.

Publishing
He began publishing in 1997. Modern Myths (and the realities behind them) debunked several politically correct beliefs. Women In Trousers was a photo-essay on women's fashion which aroused much controversy when it was published, with disparaging articles in The Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Western Mail and The Guardian. Three Gentlemen of Verona, written under the nom-de-plume Gianni Ventura, was a picaresque foray through the lovelife of Britain's aristocracy, while Scams & Hypocrisies revealed many cynical, manipulative deeds perpetrated on the public.

Marriage and family
Married, in 1961, Lucinda, the daughter of Mrs Owen Roberts. They lived first in New York, and then in London with their four daughters, Lucinda, Cassandra, Atalanta and Tatiana.