Ioannis Coumantaros

Ioannis "John" Coumantaros
Born Ioannis S. Coumantaros
1894
Died 1981
Nationality Greek
Occupation businessman
Spouse(s) Flora Nomikos
Children George S. Coumantaros
Aikaterini "Dolly" I. Coumantaros
Parent(s) Stavros Coumantaros
Relatives Stavros Niarchos (nephew)
Nicholas P. "Nikos" Goulandris (son-in-law)

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I. Theotokas; G. Harlaftis (29 April 2009). Leadership in World Shipping: Greek Family Firms in International Business. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0-230-23353-9. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Edited By Nicholas Jackson (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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