George Michael Logothetis (Greek: Τζορτζ Μάικλ Λογοθέτης; born 18 January 1975) is a Greek-American businessman. He was born into a Greek shipping family. Logothetis grew up in London and has lived in New York City since 2004. He is a US citizen. Logothetis is the executive chairman of Libra Group, a diversified international privately owned company that he founded in 2003. As of 2023, Libra Group owns and operates 15 subsidiary companies around the world, mainly in six industries: aerospace, renewable energy, hospitality, real estate, diversified investments, and maritime.
Early life and education George Logothetis was born on 18 January 1975 in London to Greek parents, and he grew up there. He was educated at Highgate School from 1987 to 1993. As a very young child he contracted meningitis, a disease which threatened his life and thereafter created debilitating health problems which left him bed-ridden for many days at a time, several times a year, until he had an operation at the age of 36 which cured the condition. He has stated that living with a compromised immune system for so long gave him an enormous appreciation of life and an ability to find inspiration in the face of difficulties. He is the eldest of four sons of Greek shipping businessman Michael G. Logothetis, and his brothers are Constantine, Nicholas, and Leon. His father started a small shipping business, Lomar Shipping, in 1976. George was exposed to the business from a very early age, and as a teenager he also spent summers abroad learning the details of the trade. Logothetis began his business career immediately after high school and did not complete a university degree. In 2013, on the merits of his numerous accomplishments and philanthropies, he received an honorary doctorate from the American College of Greece.
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