John Christodoulou

John Christodoulou
Born Yiannakis Theophani Christodoulou
May 1965 (age 53)
Nicosia, Cyprus
Residence Monaco
Nationality British
Occupation property developer
Known for Owner, Yianis Group
Net worth GBP £1.1 billion (STRL, April 2015)[1]
Children 3
Website www.yianis.com

Yiannakis Theophani "John" Christodoulou (born May 1965) is a Cyprus-born British billionaire property developer, the owner of Yianis Group, a privately owned company with a portfolio of residential, hotel, retail and leisure properties in the UK and Europe.[2]

Early life

Christodoulou was born in May 1965,[3] in Nicosia, Cyprus.[4]

Christodoulou came to London as a boy in 1974, as his family fled the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Career

He started with a studio flat, and now owns extensive property in the London Docklands through his Yianis Group.[5]

Christodoulou owns 100% of Yianis Group, which owns the London hotels Marriott West India Quay and the Canary Riverside Plaza (formerly Four Seasons Canary Wharf).[6] He owns Wool House in London.[6]

He owns the Beetham Tower in Manchester; the lower 22 of its 47 floors are a Hilton Hotel.[7]

As of April 2015, he has a £1.1 billion net worth, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.[1]

Described as a "controversial" freeholder, in October 2016 Christodoulou lost the management rights to one of his buildings in a hearing attended by 40 of the leaseholders in the building. In the same month, the court appointed management agents won an injunction against him granting his companies to "co-operate with the hand over". Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse, Jim Fitzpatrick, described his and his solicitors actions as 'little short of harassment' of the leaseholders in a series of legal actions".[8][9]

Personal life

Christodoulou lives in Monaco and has three children.[10] He has a $50 million 74m yacht, Zeus, previously owned by Aidan Barclay.[11]

He owns the Yianis Christodoulou Foundation, which seeks to support and empower undeserved children and their families in the UK and abroad.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sunday Times Rich List". The Sunday Times (page 33). 26 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Company Website". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Yianis Group Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ↑ n (22 April 2013). "Sunday Times: The richest Cypriot in the UKParikiaki | Parikiaki Cyprus and Cypriot News". Parikiaki.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141010092647/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/from-studio-flat-to-being-richer-than-mccartney-tycoon-is-new-entry-in-sunday-times-rich-list-7697399.html. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 1 2 "Yianis Group". Yianis.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "News Article - Estates Gazette Rich List 2014". EGi. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "John Christodoulou minions get the boot at Canary Riverside - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership". www.leaseholdknowledge.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Billionaire John Christodoulou and his lawyer David Marsden accused of 'little short of harassment' of court-appointed managing agent - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership". www.leaseholdknowledge.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Freeholder's barrister Justin Bates named in Parliament yesterday. And Benjamin Mire. And Tchenguiz. And Yianis. And Israel Moskovitz … - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership". Leaseholdknowledge.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Yachtfan, Peter. "John Christodoulou and his Amazing US$ 50 Million SuperYacht Zeus". www.superyachtfan.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "5 refugees who came to the UK to set up large businesses – Business Mole". www.businessmole.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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