Angelos Canellopoulos
Angelos Canellopoulos (businessman) | |
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Born | 4 June 1931 Athens, Greece |
Died | November 21, 2009 (Age 78) New York, USA |
Nationality | Greek |
Spouse | Heide Canellopoulos |
US-educated Greek businessman who attended the 1984 Bilderberg meeting. |
Angelos N. Canellopoulos was the Chairman of the Board of Titan Cement and also was involved in insurance. He attended the 1984 Bilderberg meeting.
Background
He belonged to the business Canellopoulos family, who founded Titan Cement in 1912.
He was raised an educated in the USA.[1] Later, he was associated with the Fulbright scholarship program.[2]
Career
"He served for more than four decades on the Board of Directors of TITAN and held the positions of co-acting director, managing director, deputy chairman and from 1988 until 1996 served as its chairman. Angelos Canellopoulos made a decisive contribution to the development of the Group and its expansion to four continents. Even after his retirement he did not cease to follow corporate activities closely and to provide valuable advice and ideas to the younger generation."[3]
Death
Unexpected.[4] His death came "as a shock to both the company and the wider Greek business community. The active involvement of his two sons, Nellos and Takis, with the affairs of the company, in addition to his son Pavlos who was already closely connected with the insurance business of the company, comes as a very encouraging development after this loss."[1]
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1984 | 11 May 1984 | 13 May 1984 | Sweden Saltsjöbaden | The 32nd Bilderberg, held in Sweden |