Carlos mavroleon biography
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The Mavroleon family is a Greek family of shipping magnates with strong United Kingdom connections. They also own a large amount of land in Greece.
Carlos mavroleon biography
At the height of their wealth their fortune amounted to around £2 billion, and their fleet comprised 32 ships.
Basil Mavroleon (–), descended from a long-established shipping family in Greece, moved to England as a member of the merchant shipping business based in the UK and run by his cousins, the Kulukundis family.[1] He later set up the shipping company London and Overseas Freighters (LOF).[2][3] Along with the Kulukundis, he set up the Greek merchant navy.[clarification needed]
He married an English wife, Violet Withers, by whom he had a son, Manuel Basil Mavroleon, generally known by his nickname "Bluey" (–), who was educated in England and served in the Grenadier Guards.
Bluey on to run the firm but moved to Switzerland when the – Labour Government nationalised Austin and Pickersgill shipbuilders in which LOF was th