His list Forbes for 2019 includes him among the richest people in the world, ranking him in the 838th place of the annual ranking for this year and highlighting him as the richest Greek businessman.
The impressive thing about his fortune - he took over the reins of the family business in 2003 when his father passed away - is the fact that in April 2019 it amounted to 2,7 billion dollars and within a few months he managed to "climb" to $ 3,1 billion, increasing the value of his fortune by $ 400 million.
With this "leap" he managed to leave behind Filippos Niarchos, who was leading a position (for the Greek participants in the list) with a fortune that reached 2,8 billion dollars.
Thus, today the Spyros Latsis, eldest son and only son of the shipowner Giannis Latsis, by world and "Captain Giannis", and Erietta Tsoukalas is the richest Greek in the world, according to Forbes.
But who is Spyros Latsis?
A charismatic banker, disciplined shipowner and methodical tycoon of the oil market, he was born on the 1946th of August in the summer of XNUMX in Athens and graduated from the Athens College, to which his father granted the building complex of the Latsios Dioxistirio.
With studies in London School of Economics - one of the most famous centers for teaching and processing economics and political science, among the best and most complete universities in the world specializing in the study of social sciences - of which it has three degrees, according to Forbes, and later at Harvard, is to wonder about his successful career in business and his emergence as the richest Greek in the world.
Having taught as a teacher for a while at Harvard and a board member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, he was particularly fascinated by philosophy - one of his mentors was Professor Imre Lakatos, one of the founders of the modern philosophy of the social sciences - which certainly played an important role in His low-profile profile, with most in both Geneva and Greece calling him an "invisible tycoon."
Although he bears the "heavy" surname Latsis, from a young age, in London, he led a simple life, like any young man of his age. Something that characterizes him until today, even though we are talking about the Greek "croissant" among the richest billionaires on the planet.
It is no coincidence that he does not like crowded places and avoids, like "hell the incense", publicity, while in no case does he want to provoke with his lifestyle.
In fact, according to rumors, at the time when the procedures for the acquisition of the Bank of Crete in the '90s were "running", he was intensely annoyed by the press publications. Not so much for what was written about his face, but for the publication, to the general public, of his photograph.
It is also indicative of the fact that every time he visits her Greece in order to see up close his loved ones, his mother Erietta and his sister Marianna, or for the purpose of a business meeting he goes almost unnoticed, as all his meetings take place quietly in the -approximately- 40 acres "mansion" of Ekali (consists of four houses, one for each member of the family), without anyone understanding the the slightest.
If he is in his homeland during the summer, he chooses the boat of Margarita's younger sister, named "Rio Rita", which is the least imposing of the rest of the group.
Also, when his four children visit him (their permanent residence is in London) -Yannis, Alexandros, Erietta, Annita- at his base in Geneva most of the time they choose to dine in a famous fast food chain and not in a luxury restaurant, as most would expect (or would do).
The women of his life
With his "empire" having spread from Greece to London and Geneva -Spyros Latsis is a permanent resident of the Swiss city as he runs one of the largest multinational private banking groups in the country- and from there in New York, he managed to keep his balance and maintain his weakness, both towards his mother Erietta, as much as and to his wife, Dorothy.
The "wise" Erietta, as the mother of the Greek tycoon is called, has been under his "protection" since the death of the legend of the seas, Giannis Latsis. In fact, it is not uncommon for him to come to Greece in his private jet, even for a few hours, in order to spend a few moments with his mother, who always advises her three children (Spyros' sisters are Marianna and Margarita, who lives permanently abroad) to stay together and not forget the people who need their help.
With the support of his life, his wife Dorothy Bandeley, met in the 60's in the bells in "Asteria" of Glyfada, a reference point for the foam of the domestic and international jet set. Proof of their love is the acquisition of their four children, who live permanently in London. She divides her time between Geneva and the English capital, while her intense philanthropic work is remarkable, which is also supported by the social work of the G. Latsis Foundation.