Dimitris Melissanidis

Dimitris Melissanidis
30th president of AEK Athens
In office
17 June 1992 – June 1993
Preceded byStratos Gidopoulos
Succeeded byIoannis Karras
32nd president of AEK Athens
In office
June 1994 – June 1995
Preceded byIoannis Karras
Succeeded byMichalis Trochanas
37th president of AEK Athens
In office
5 December 1998 – 11 September 1999
Preceded byLakis Nikolaou
Succeeded byStefanos Mamatzis
Personal details
Born (1951-03-08) 8 March 1951 (age 73)[1]
Nikaia, Greece
SpouseTzeni Melissanidis
ChildrenGiorgos Melissanidis[2]
OccupationBusinessman
Shipping & oil tycoon
Known forFormer owner of AEK Athens F.C.[3]
Founder & owner of Aegean Oil[4]
Founder & owner of Aegean Shipping Enterprises[5]
Founder & owner of H.E.C.[6]
Owner of Naftemporiki[7]

Dimitris Melissanidis (Greek: Δημήτρης Μελισσανίδης; born 8 March 1951) is a Greek business shipping and oil tycoon, and one of the country's leading businessmen.[8] Melissanidis is in the top ten rich list of Greek entrepreneurs ranking in 6th place.[9] He is most known for his time as owner of Greek football team AEK Athens F.C. and owner of Greek oil company Aegean Oil.

He is the founder and former owner[10] of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. which is the second strongest and largest independent fuel supplier in the world.[11]

Melissanidis was ranked 98th in 2015 and 97th in 2014 in the world in the Lloyd's List Top 100 Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry[12] for his international shipping contribution.[13]

He was AEK Athens Football Club's 30th and 32nd president, from 1992 to 1993 and 1994 to 1995. He was also president of AEK during 1998–1999 but ENIC Group was the shareholder.

On June 7, 2013, with AEK relegated to the Amateur Division because of financial problems, Melissanidis became again active for the club as an administrator. Later, together with other fans and old players, they created the non-profit association "Union Friends of AEK" (Enosi Filon AEK) which took the majority stake of the football club.[14]

  1. ^ "forbes". Forbes. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Our big fat Greek privatisation scandals". aljazeera.com. 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Κάτοχος του 80.74% της ΠΑΕ ΑΕΚ από χθες ο Μελισσανίδης". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. 11 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Μελισσανίδης: Η Aegean έκανε δωρεά στο ΕΣΥ στη μάχη με τον κορονοϊό" (in Greek). Online. 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Melissanidis Aegean Shipping Enterprises". 20 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Θαύμα! Ελληνική εταιρία εξαγόρασε μια γερμανική!!!". dimokratia.gr (in Greek). 10 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Σε εταιρεία συμφερόντων Μελισσανίδη η "Ναυτεμπορική" για 7 εκατ. ευρώ". liberal.gr (in Greek).
  8. ^ "Το success story της οικογένειας Δημήτρη Μελισσανίδη με την "έξυπνη" επένδυση στον ΟΠΑΠ" (in Greek). 26 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Στο Τοp 10 των επιχειρηματιών ο Μελισσανίδης" (in Greek). 5 July 2015.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMPNI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Best LSP you deserve – Transport and Logistics Services – PNG Worldwide".
  12. ^ "One Hundred Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry. Edition 6". Lloyd's List. December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Dimitrios Melissanidis Lloy'ds List - Top 100".
  14. ^ "Mεγαλομέτοχος της ΠΑΕ η Ένωση Φίλων ΑΕΚ". www.contra.gr. February 9, 2015.