Spiro Latsis
Spiros J. Latsis is a Greek billionaire, and business magnate. He is the son of the late tycoon Yiannis Latsis, who died in 2003. In 2018, Spiros Latsis ranked #729 on the Forbes World’s Billionaires list, with wealth listed at US $3.2 billion.
- Spiro Latsis has been managing the family fortune since his father, Greek shipping tycoon John S. Latsis, passed away in 2003.
- The family still has a foot in the shipping business through Latsco Shipping, though they’re now also invested in banking, real estate and oil.
- The Latsis family owns stakes in oil company Hellenic Petroleum and Lamda Development, a publicly traded real estate developer in southeastern Europe.
- They also have a stake in EFG International, a Zurich-based private banking group of which Latsis is a board director.
- Latsis is a three-time graduate of the London School of Economics and a board trustee of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study.
