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Evangelos Marinakis (Βαγγέλης Μαρινάκης) is a Greek shipping magnate and president of Olympiacos F.C.

Evangelos Marinakis is Chairman of the Board of Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:CPLP). Marinakis has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. since its incorporation in March 2005. Marinakis also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NYSE-listed Crude Carriers Corp., an affiliate of Capital Maritime, from March 2010 until its merger with CPLP in September 2011. Marinakis’ prominence as one of the 100 most influential people in the world shipping industry has been repeatedly acknowledged by prestigious international shipping publications Lloyd's List and Tradewinds. In 2010, Marinakis was voted "Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year” at the annual Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards "as one of the industry’s most dynamic personalities".

Evangelos Marinakis, earned a B.A. in 'International Business Administration' and an M.Sc. in 'International Relations' in London. He began his career in shipping as a trainee broker on the sale-and-purchase (S&P) desk at Harley Mullion before becoming a chartered broker at Elders Chartering, based in the UK. From 1992 to 2005, Marinakis was the Commercial Manager of Capital Ship Management Corp. and oversaw the businesses of the group of companies that currently form Capital Maritime. For the past decades, Marinakis has also been active in various other family-controlled businesses and today lays claim to investments in the media, energy and real-estate sectors.

Since mid-2010 Marinakis has controlled Piraeus’ hometown team Olympiacos. Evangelos Marinakis assumed the presidency of Olympiacos F.C. on December 2010. In June of that year Marinakis participated in the increase in share capital of Olympiacos F.C. and became a majority shareholder with a 70% share, after concluding an agreement with the President at the time, Mr. Socratis Kokkalis. Marinakis served as president of the Superleague Greece and Vice-President of the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) from August 2010 for a year.

In June 2011, Marinakis was among 68 suspects named by Greek judicial authorities, in a match-fixing investigation which was launched after UEFA gave Greek authorities a report citing irregular betting patterns, mostly involving Greek Cup and second division games in 2009 and 2010. UEFA officials said no action was presently being considered against Olympiakos regarding its participation in the Champions League in the following season, because evidence in the Greek investigation cast no doubt over its 2010-11 league victory. Marinakis was charged with complicity to commit acts of bribery and match manipulation which he has repeatedly denied. "These allegations have nothing to do with me and have no effect on me whatsoever," Marinakis said. "There is not one shred of evidence against me." Piraeus club Olympiacos said the allegedly suspicious matches in question dated from before the tanker tycoon became owner and chairman in June 2010 and added that the club was not involved in any of them.

Evangelos Marinakis supports various international charity foundations and humanitarian projects, such as the NGO ‘Greece Debt Free’, the United Nations Development Programme, the earthquake relief funds for Haiti and Japan, numerous Greek reforestation and recycling projects and various Greek children’s charities, including ‘Together for Children’, 'Elpida' and 'Argo'.