Ioannis Coumantaros

Ioannis S. "John" Coumantaros (1894–1981) was a Greek shipping and flour mills businessman.

Ioannis "John" Coumantaros
Born
Ioannis S. Coumantaros

1894
Died1981
NationalityGreek
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseFlora Nomikos
Children2, including George S. Coumantaros
RelativesStavros Niarchos (nephew)
Nicholas P. "Nikos" Goulandris (son-in-law)

Early life

He was the son of Stavros Coumantaros from Sparta, and had three older brothers, Theodoros, Nikolaos and Panayotis.[1] The brothers founded the Evrotas flour mills in Piraeus, and moved into shipping in 1932.[1]

Career

Ioannis ran the ships, along with his nephew Stavros Niarchos, the son of his sister,[1] Eugenie Koumantaros, who had married Spyros Niarchos.

Personal life

He married Flora Nomikos, the daughter of Peter Nomikos, from a "traditional maritime family".[1]

They had two children, a son, George S. Coumantaros, who married, Sophie Yannagas, the daughter of George Yannagas from Kasos, and they had two sons, Yannis and John, and three daughters, Flora, Elena and Eugenie.[1] Their daughter Aikaterini "Dolly" I. Coumantaros married Nicholas P. "Nikos" Goulandris from Andros.[1] They founded the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens.[2][3]

References
  1. I. Theotokas; G. Harlaftis (2009). Leadership in World Shipping: Greek Family Firms in International Business. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0-230-23353-9.
  2. Nicholas Jackson, ed. (28 April 2011). "Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art – Athens, Greece". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. "Museum of Cycladic Art - GTP". Gtp.gr. Retrieved 1 July 2017.


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