Richest man

Chapter 23 Europe: Spiro Latsis (2)
After the death of John Larthis, as the successor, Spiro's entry into the rich list has been approved by many media. Many media believe that Spiro will lead the Latthis family to a better future. The 8-year-old Spiro is the eldest son of John Late Heath, who has lived in London for most of his life and graduated from the prestigious London School of Economics in his early years.Before the world attracted attention with his family property on the Forbes list, his background and talents have long been spread by word of mouth, and his economic theory and practice have also been widely appreciated.

During the [-] Athens Summer Olympics, celebrities and politicians from all over the world gathered in Spiro's hometown of Greece.The successor ship tycoon received distinguished guests with a private luxury cruise ship, which became an eye-catching tidbit during the Olympic Games.In addition, Spiro's father, John Latshis, provided generous sponsorship to the preparations for the Athens Olympic Games during his lifetime. Spiro himself and his inherited wealth naturally cannot escape the attention of the media.

In fact, Spiro really took over the family business in 1997. In this year, John Lattice suffered a stroke, and the family business was mainly managed by Spiro.Spiro has integrated the resources of several financial companies of the Latthis family. All the family banks under the family must have the prefix EFG before their names. [-]% of the shares of private banks are held by financial groups.Spiro himself sits on the board of the private bank.However, according to Lawrence Howell, chief executive of EFG Private Bank, Spiro and most of the other members of the Latthis family are already permanent residents or citizens of the UK and Switzerland, and they basically do not interfere with the bank's business. and operations, not working in the bank.

Up to now, including EFG Private Bank, these industries of the Spiro and Latshis families basically have non-family members as senior executives. This is also to meet the needs of development, but the influence of the family that the bank belongs to is still on Performance has a very significant impact, and they maintain key stable customers.A rich man wants to hand over his wealth to a private bank, and the private bank will replace his financial management. He will attach great importance to the background of the private bank, and usually maintains a close relationship with the private bank and trusts each other.The Latsis family is the trusted friend of many rich people in the world. Therefore, EFG Private Bank has developed very well, and even developed its Asian business before other private banks in Switzerland. [-]% of its income comes from Asia every year. It is the first Swiss bank in Asia. The best private bank ever done.

In addition to EFG Private Bank, the European Investment Bank under EFG is already the third largest bank in Greece.EFG absorbs 10% of the funds of the world-renowned investment bank Deutsche Bank and invests them in the Balkans.EFG Bank European Financial Group, led by Spiro Ratsis, plans the investment and development direction of its subordinate banks and financial enterprises, and plays a key role in the growth of the family bank.

The oil industry is still the pillar industry of the Latthis family. PETROLA is the third largest oil refining company in Greece. Through a joint venture with Russia's Lukoil, they hold a part of the Greek state-owned "Hellenic Petroleum Company".The close relationship with the nobles of the Middle East enabled them to benefit greatly from the increasingly scarce oil resources and the increasingly busy oil trade.

In addition, the shipping industry, the earliest business of the Latshis family, still creates wealth for the family. Their fleet is mainly engaged in the transportation of oil and its products, and some luxury cruise ships sailing in the Mediterranean and Atlantic It is the symbol of the maritime hegemony of the ship tycoon family.

In a slight difference from John's descendants, after Aristotle Onassis' death, his fortune passed on for two more generations.

Onassis passed his fortune to his daughter Aristol Onassis before dying of depression, who in turn passed her fortune on to his daughter, Assi, in 1988 Anna Onassis became the richest woman in the world in one fell swoop, she has a fortune of about 27 billion US dollars.

Astonishingly, after 30 years, Athena Onassis seems to be reprising her grandfather's many legends, and the series of events that happened to her brought her and her grandfather's life to the media The crater of scrambling reports.The story of her and her boyfriend is at the top of all media campaigns.

In a horse race, Athena got acquainted with Dodo, a Brazilian man. Both of them had a common hobby-horse racing, so they fell in love quickly.

Compared with her grandfather's famous feat, one of Athena's cows has also become the subject of thousands of media reports around the world.Once, after Athena arrived in Brazil, the richest young woman in the world bought her boyfriend a cow as a gift.However, the value of this cow is by no means comparable to that of ordinary cows. After a fierce auction at the auction house, Athena finally bought the cow for US$32.Local media revealed that she had come to Brazil to see her boyfriend several times before, but did not buy anything, and this expensive cow became the first interesting gift between them.At first glance, it seems that it doesn't match her billions of wealth, but in fact it fits Athena's usual style of not taking wealth seriously.

But that's not all, after this incident, the granddaughter of Onassis surprised the world even more.After the Greek government learned that Athena loved horse racing, it decided on June 2002, 6 to invite her to participate in the 30 Athens Olympics obstacle course trials, and she also expressed that she hoped to participate in the 2004 Beijing Olympics.

If all comes true, she will become the world's most expensive Olympian.

Wealth: the end will be the same

The final direction of wealth has been proved to be consistent time and again, and the final attitude of the two descendants of the ship kings towards wealth also confirms this argument.

In Greece, the Latsis family led by Spiro is considered to be the most low-key philanthropic family. Children and students donated millions of dollars.For many years, after every major natural and man-made disaster in the world, the Latsis family will provide moral and financial support, but in order to avoid public attention, most of them are donated by the Greek government.

In [-], when the Kalamata earthquake in southern Greece occurred, John Latsis provided a [-]-ton luxury cruise ship—the Mariana [-]—to provide temporary housing for [-] homeless people.After the major earthquakes in Egypt, Armenia and other countries, the name of John Latshis was also included in the list of donors; churches, hospitals, schools, police and fire brigades, sailors' unions, and sailors insurance funds in Greece have all contributed more than [-] people. Received a donation from John for the first time. In [-], the situation of the Greeks in Albania deteriorated, and the Latsis family set up a special agency to help them live.Prince Charles of the United Kingdom is a close friend of the Latthis family, and John donated [-] million US dollars to Charles' charitable foundation.

And when the Olympic Games returned to Athens in [-], the Latthis family became Greece's biggest sponsor in the Olympic preparations.But the low-key Spiro continued the family's low-key tradition. No one can say exactly what they did for the country's Olympics and how much support they provided.

The generosity of wealth is also Athena's long-standing attitude. After officially becoming the owner of most of the property of the Onassis family in 2003, she generously expressed her willingness to donate tens of billions of property.Athena Onassis prefers to be an ordinary person herself. Now, she is discussing with her American financial advisor to see if there is any way to donate the inheritance reasonably.

In addition, Athena is also considering setting up a charitable foundation like Microsoft Chairman Gates and his wife. This foundation will do more things for people all over the world just like other famous charitable foundations in the world.

In Greece, the story of the new fortunes of the two sons of shipping tycoons might go on and on.Attachment: Only do three things in my life - the Duke of Westminster, the former richest man in the United Kingdom, always reminds people of the scene of spending money and extravagance when he mentions the richest man.However, in the UK, the Duke of Westminster, who has topped the country's wealth for three consecutive years, lives a low-key life as much as possible.

The Duke of Westminster was born in 1951 and is a hereditary nobleman.His wife also comes from a famous family, and is a descendant of the Russian poet Pushkin.Now they and their four children live quietly in Manchester, England.

Although his family property is billions of dollars, this rich man is by no means a playboy.In the past 10 years, he has doubled the value of the family assets and is known as one of the most shrewd real estate agents in the UK.He is also a brigadier general of the British Local Self-Defense Forces and the chairman of many cultural relics protection foundations such as Westminster Abbey.

The following is what he told about his life when the British media interviewed him.

"I wake up at 5:12 every morning...and work for maybe [-] hours"

I wake up at 5:[-] every morning and get out of bed with my eyes closed.It wasn't until I finished my first cup of strong black coffee that my heart beat faster and then I fully opened my eyes.Then I started smoking, and I smoked a lot, and as hard as possible.If I have a coughing fit, it must be the smoke.

The two children also woke up very early and started making noise early in the morning, so I stopped by to see them.My wife and I decided not to send them to boarding school, even though I didn't like the noise at breakfast time.Since I was sent to boarding school when I was 7 years old, I spent the next 10 years wondering why my parents "hated" me so much.The two older children are studying well.But for all children, I don't require them to get all "A" grades, as long as they develop in an all-round way and behave in a dignified manner.

I shower every morning, but I never put all those fancy skin care products on my body, a good bar soap will get me off.Most of the time, I wear a suit and tie.I pay attention to dressing like eating, purely instinctive needs, without deliberately thinking about what to wear.I leave the house at 7 in the morning and work for maybe 12 hours.Of course, I don't always work, and my free time is full of activities.

"I'm not a good eater...as long as the food is enough to fill my stomach"

I have the best description of myself: Miscellaneous but not refined, know a little about everything, and not proficient in anything.Every day of mine is different and often spent on the go.

I do three main things during my working hours: One is running my own company (Grosvenor Group), which has offices all over the world.The second is to manage my charities, I am the chairman of 150 charities.If you are born with a lot of wealth, you should put it to good use.The third is to fulfill my obligations in the army.I am a 30 year veteran.Unlike anywhere else, in the military, I was told what to do and that kept me grounded.

I have a lot of business at lunch, but I'm not a eater, I like simple meals: a fried egg, a plate of salad and a baked potato will suffice.I don't know anything about new cooking methods and flavors. For me, food only needs to fill my stomach, and I don't want to spend a lot of money on food.

"I have temporary accommodation in London but usually I rush back to Eaton to have dinner with the little ones"

I have temporary accommodation in London, but usually I rush back to Eaton to have dinner with the little ones.The kids love tortellini, and my wife loves foreign food, and I can't agree more with their preferences.In the evenings, my favorite thing is to watch old primetime TV comedies.I went to bed at ninety and sometimes read a little, from serious history books to silly horror stories.

I have no regrets about the change in living circumstances that comes with inheriting an inheritance.I think don't reject this change, but adapt to it.My only philosophy is to go with the feeling.I've done it in the past, and I think I'll continue to do it in the future.She became a member of the company's management board 14 years ago, and in the history of the Heineken family, Shannon de Carvalho Heineken is not the first female family member to be in charge of Heineken, except for Shannon de Carvalho. In addition to Carvalho Heinegan, there have been two female heads in the company's more than 100-year development history.The two women in charge include founder Gerard Heineken's wife, Mary Tindal, and Freddie's grandmother, Gerard Adriaan Heineken, formerly known as "The Queen", who assumed leadership due to her succession at the end of the 19th century corporate power.

I never felt like I had performed any miracles!
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