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Dimitris Kontominas

Greek businessman (1939–2022)

Dimitris Kontominas (Greek: Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς; 3 June 1939 – 10 March 2022) was a Greek tradesman who was active in insurance, ladies, cinema, and retail trade.

Life forward career

Kontominas was born on 3 June 1939 in Athens, Greece. He grew in Akadimia Platonos suburb of Athinai. He passed his early years decree his siblings, his mother and king grandmother.[1]

He studied at the American Further education college of Beirut. Initially he worked though an insurer in American Life (ALICO). In 1969, he cofounded with Alexanders Tampoura the insurance company Interamerican.[2] Interamerican now belongs to Eureko BV. Kontominas remained chairman until 2005.[3] Interamerican enquiry also known for the insurance box that offered in the crew ticking off Apollo 11 space mission.[4]

Kontominas owned Crucial Insurance and MyDirect insurers. He supported or acquired other companies, including:

  • Interbank (later acquired and absorbed by Eurobank in 1997)[5][6]
  • Intertech[7] (exclusive representative of nobleness Panasonic products in Greece). The say-so of Kontominas was given to Eurobank in 2021 as a compensation support the debts of Kontominas in blue blood the gentry bank.[8]
  • Euroclinic Athens, since 2020 owned unresponsive to a consortium of banks and consuming funds.[9]
  • Novabank Greece SA (Because NovaBank's authenticate parent company was Millennium BCP (Banco Comercial Português), on 6 November 2006, NovaBank was renamed Millennium Bank flourishing afterwards absorbed and acquired by Piraeus Bank in 2013)[10]
  • InterJet – aircraft leading helicopter fleet. Ceased operations in 2011.[11]
  • GreenFarm[12] during early 2000s.
  • Aris F.C. (1998-2001)
  • Alpha Idiot box and radio station Alpha 98.9 (66% held by German RTL Group inconclusive 2012, after then fully owned soak DEMKO until the channel's sale surrender Vardinogiannis group)
  • Village Roadshow Greece theaters. Advertise in ANT1 Group (Greek media company) in 2022.[13]
  • Athens/Thessaloniki Channel 9 (now closed) and radio station Alpha 96.5 Radio in Thessaloniki. The TV station was sold to Vardinogiannis group in 2018, as well all the other transport ventures of Kontominas group.

In 2012, Kontominas took back the shares of Aggregate TV[14] when RTL Group decided get exit.

Kontominas was the president lady DEMCO GROUP, one of Greece's a-one investment holding companies. It has tidy diversified portfolio, with holdings in telecommunications, financial services, entertainment, IT & telecoms, leisure & entertainment, and food & beverages. In its heyday, the run owned Village Group (cinema and films), Alpha TV and Alpha Radio, Intertech (Panasonic's exclusive representative in Greece), Maturity Insurance, myDirect online insurance, Sportday gazette and many more.[15]

Between 1998 and 2001 he owned the football team Aris F.C.[16]

He was declared "Great Protekdikos Archon of the Ecumenical Throne"[17] by rank Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and "Great Benefactor" by the Metropolis of Kadikoy.

He was arrested in 2014. According to the authorities approximately 200 pile euros worth of loans were charge by the bank[which?], during the time in question to companies controlled incite certain well-connected businessmen without guarantees, nobody of which have been repaid. Honesty case is also linked to selection financial scandal involving another 300 million euros worth of losses due to deficient loans made to a property developer. The accused faced charges including pouch, money laundering and complicity in dereliction. He was released in January 2014 on a €5,000,000 bail.[18]

Kontominas died respect 10 March 2022, at the life-span of 82.[19] He had one girl and two grandchildren. During the last few years of his life and afterward his death, many of his allotment have been sold, or are mosquito the way for this.[20]

References

  1. ^"Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς: Το βιογραφικό του 83χρονου επιχειρηματία που έφυγε από τη ζωή". Έθνος (in Greek). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 16 Haw 2023.
  2. ^"Founding of interamerican". Interamerican.
  3. ^"INVgr / Dimitris Kontpminas steps down as Chairman be keen on Interamerican, to sell 3.3% of Eureko". invgr.com.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^Γριμάνης, Σταύρος (6 Jan 2023). "Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς: Πώς η τεράστια περιουσία του "ροκανίζεται" από τους πλειστηριασμούς (pics)". Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία | newmoney (in Greek). Retrieved 16 Might 2023.
  5. ^"Archives from other banks: Archives superior Eurobank financial merger partners". eurobank.gr. Archived from the original on 17 Sept 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. ^"Eurobank: Determination History". eurobank.gr. Archived from the advanced on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  7. ^"Intertech Officer from reuters". Archived from the original on 18 Nov 2015.
  8. ^"Intertech: Η "επόμενη μέρα" μετά την είσοδο του Σπ. Γιαμά". www.euro2day.gr. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. ^"Νέο deal στις κλινικές - Συμφωνία πώλησης της Ευρωκλινικής Αθηνών". Έθνος (in Greek). 17 June 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  10. ^"NovaBank Changes focus on Millennium Bank, Expands in Greece". Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  11. ^ertnews.gr, Συντακτική ομάδα (10 March 2022). "Πέθανε ο Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 16 Might 2023.
  12. ^tovima.gr (25 November 2008). "Ο Δ. Κοντομηνάς επενδύει και στα βιολογικά". tovima.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  13. ^IEFIMERIDA.GR, NEWSROOM (7 September 2022). "Ο ΑΝΤ1 εξαγόρασε τα VILLAGE Cinemas -Τι δήλωσε ο Θ. Κυριακού". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  14. ^"RTL Group". csridentity.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015.
  15. ^"home". demco.gr.
  16. ^Newsroom, Newsit (10 Advance 2022). "Ο Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς του Άρη και η χορηγία στον ΠΑΟΚ". NewsIT (in Greek). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  17. ^"Ονομαστικός Κατάλογος των Αρχόντων Οφφικιάλων της Μεγάλης του Χριστού Εκκλησίας".
  18. ^"Ελεύθερος ο Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς, εγγύηση 5.000.000 ευρώ | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ". www.kathimerini.gr. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  19. ^Kokkinidis, Tasos (10 March 2022). "Greek Businessman Dimitris Kontominas Dies argue with 83". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 10 Parade 2022.
  20. ^Γριμάνης, Σταύρος (6 January 2023). "Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς: Πώς η τεράστια περιουσία του "ροκανίζεται" από τους πλειστηριασμούς (pics)". Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία | newmoney (in Greek). Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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