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George Logothetis
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George Logothetis
Born January 18, 1975 (age 43)
London
Residence New York City
Occupation Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Libra Group
George Michael Logothetis (born January 18, 1975) is an international businessman. He is from a Greek shipping family, grew up in London and has British citizenship,[1][2] and has lived in New York City since 2004.[1][3] In 2014 Fortune named him one of its "40 under 40".[4][5]
Logothetis is the chairman and CEO of the Libra Group, a diversified international privately owned conglomerate company which he founded in 2003. As of 2017, the Libra Group owns and operates 30 subsidiary companies around the world, mainly in six separate industries: aviation leasing, renewable energy, hotels and hospitality services, real estate, financial services and diversified investments, and shipping.[6][7][8]
The Libra Group has also expanded beyond its core businesses of shipping, aviation, real estate, hotels and hospitality, and renewable energy, to include a variety of interests including helicopter leasing, financial services and diversified investments, media, and construction.[6][14][19][7][27] Between 2008 and 2014, the company purchased $7 billion to $7.5 billion of assets globally.[27] As of 2017, the Libra Group owns and operates 30 subsidiary companies around the world.[8][6]
Logothetis has been an advocate for and an investor in Greece during the Greek financial crisis.[1][28] And as a result of the crisis, he has become a sought-after business leader for his opinions on investing in Greece and in Greek assets, products, and industries. In June 2012, following prime minister Antonis Samaras's election and instatement, he emphasized that the promise of governmental stability was bringing back business confidence and individual confidence in Greece, and noted Libra Group's numerous recent and projected Greek investments and businesses.[8][28] In March 2013, he cited Samaras's coalition government's relieving the Greek eurozone crisis as a reason investors were returning to, and should continue to return to, Greece.[8] In late 2013, he sounded a cautionary note concerning the "buying frenzy" occurring in the slump-ridden shipping sector.[29] Speaking to a reporter in January 2014 at Davos, he encouraged businesspersons to see the opportunity available in Greece, and stated that he felt that 2014 would be "the year of Greek growth".[2][30] He reiterated his optimism in March 2014, noting that the Libra Group had invested $500 million in Greece since 2012.[27]
Logothetis co-founded the nonprofit Seleni Institute, which supports the mental and emotional well-being of women, with his wife Nitzia, who is a psychotherapist. The institute, which was founded in 2011 and launched in 2013 in New York City, promotes the mental health of mothers and their families through funding research, raising and providing awareness, and providing clinical care.[58][59][60] George is the treasurer of the organization.[61][62] In 2014 the Seleni Institute was honored with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence.[63]
At the 2012 Concordia Summit, Logothetis introduced Bill Clinton, noting his salient traits of wisdom and empathy.[64][65][66]
Logothetis is on the Board of Directors of the My Brother's Keeper (MBK) Alliance, launched in May 2015 by President Obama.[39][40][76] The Libra Group is a founding sponsor of the program.[43][77] The MBK Alliance helps young men of color throughout the U.S. reach their full potential, by ensuring and improving educational and workplace opportunities.[77][78] As part of its involvement with the original My Brother's Keeper Initiative launched by Obama in February 2014, the Libra Group has partnered with Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) by providing internship placements for young men of color at Libra and its global subsidiaries.[39][40][78][79] In 2016 the Libra Group also joined two other Obama administration initiatives, the Partnership for Refugees[80] and the Equal Pay Pledge.[81][82]
SO MANY RED FLAGS IN HIS DETAILS…