Profil Financier
George Economou occupe actuellement le rang #794 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur logistique). Fortune nette estimée : $5.3 B (+$492 sur 24h).
George Economou is a Greek shipping tycoon who owns several privately-held firms under his TMS Group.
He took one of those firms, Dryships, public on the Nasdaq in 2005 before ultimately taking it private again in 2019 at a $456 million valuation.
In 2018, he sold offshore drilling firm Ocean Rig to publicly traded TransOcean at a $2.7 billion valuation, just 18 months after the firm filed for bankruptcy.
Between August and December 2023, Economou bought large positions in several publicly-traded shipping firms in the U.S.
Outside of shipping, he owns an estimated $250 million art collection including works by Pablo Picasso. Part of it is on display in his private museum in Athens.
Dryships made headlines due to volatile trading and several reverse stock splits in 2016 and 2017 that saw its stock price rise by 1,500% before plunging by 99%.
Economou also owns homes in Connecticut, Greece, London, New York, St. Barts and Saint-Tropez, plus the luxury Armonia Residences south of Athens.