With a net worth of 6.4 billion euros, María Angelicoussis is the richest person in Greece at only 42 years old. This is her legacy and her story.
For the first time, the king of the seas is a woman. The queen of the seas is called María Angelicoussis, she is the richest shipowner in Greece . Not only that, but at only 42 years old she is the richest person in her country . With a net worth of 6.4 billion euros , Ella María is one of the eight women who make up the list of the eight richest women in her country .
Following the death of her father, John Angelicoussis , in 2021, Maria became the first woman to run a company within the shipping sector in Greece. As the new CEO and owner of the family business, Angelicoussis Shipping Group Limited (ASGL), she has followed in the footsteps of her predecessors and, using an easy but inevitable simile in this case, it can be said that she is navigating the industry at full sail. .
ASGL is a privately owned company that, through its subsidiaries Maran Tankers , Maran Gas and Maran Dry , owns a fleet of 142 vessels, serving the oil and dry cargo markets. Based in Athens, it was founded in 1947 by his grandfather, Anthony V. Angelicoussis , a legendary Greek shipping magnate, a decade younger than the legendary Greek shipowners Stavros Niarchos and Aristotle Onassis , the thousand shipping millionaires who became part of the jet.
Currently and under María’s leadership, the family business has a staff of approximately 300 ground-based professionals and more than 3,700 officers and crew members .
In 2019, thanks to the direction of the first-born Angelicoussis, the company managed to close a historic agreement in which its ships were digitalized with the classification society DNV GL -Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd-. This logistical closure meant a great increase in efficiency and safety on board the fleet, and positioned it as a leader in innovation within the sector. A movement that brought María closer to the controls.
Before taking the helm of the family business in 2008, he began his shipping career as his father’s right-hand man in all business matters. He studied Economics at Cambridge and also worked as a junior doctor for the UK’s National Health Service.
María Angelicoussis is ranked 432nd among the richest people in the world thanks to her family legacy. Her favorable circumstances and hard work speak for themselves in terms of fortune and success. In addition to being a great businessman, Maria also has philanthropic initiatives, such as creating Maria’s Hope that offers assistance and payment of bills to the families of seafarers who lost their lives due to Covid-19.
In 2017, he received the Golden Compass International Seafarers’ House Award for his pioneering role in leadership and philanthropy in the shipping world. Lloyd’s List also named her one of the 100 most influential people in the maritime sector . Currently, María rides the waves of success within her company and family legacy through her fleet loaded with fortune.
