Greek shipping heir
Spyros Stavros Niarchos (Greek : Σπύρος Νιάρχος ; born 1955) is a Greek shipping magnate. He is the second son of Stavros Niarchos and Eugenia Livanos , and through his mother the grandson of Stavros G. Livanos .
Biography
In 1955 Vickers Armstrongs Shipbuilders Ltd launched for Stavros Niarchos what was then the World's largest supertanker.[ 1] The 30,708 GRT [ 2] ship was named SS Spyros Niarchos [ 1] after his new son.
In 1987, while skiing in Switzerland , he met 19-year-old Daphne Guinness (artist, socialite and an heiress of the Guinness family ) and they soon married.[ 3] The marriage ended in divorce, with Guinness receiving a $39 million settlement in 1999.[ 3]
The couple has three children:
Nicolas Stavros Niarchos (born 1989)
Alexis Spyros Niarchos (born 1991)
Ines Sophia Niarchos (born 1995)
Relationships
In January 1999, Niarchos was a witness at the wedding of his best friend, Ernst August, Prince of Hanover . He is the godfather of Crown Prince Pavlos' youngest son, Aristides-Stavros. With his brother, Philip , Niarchos is co-president and member of the board of directors at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation . [citation needed ]
References
Niarchos family
Stavros Niarchos descendantsPhilip Niarchos / Victoria Guinness
Stavros Niarchos III
Eugenie Niarchos
Theodorakis ("Theo") Niarchos
Electra Niarchos
Spyros Niarchos / Daphne Guinness
Nicolas Stavros Niarchos
Alexis ("Lex") Niarchos
Ines Niarchos