Stavros Niarchos

Greek businessman and art collector (1909-1996) · Greece · On the map · Founders · Died at 86

Stavros Spyrou Niarchos was a Greek billionaire shipping tycoon. Starting in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet. Propelled by both the Suez Crisis and increasing demand for oil, he and rival Aristotle Onassis became giants in global petroleum shipping.

Stavros Niarchos is read about 696 times a day, in 17 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 2 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 115 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?