Spyros Niarchos


Spyros Stavros "Spiros" Niarchos is the second son of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos and Eugenia Livanos. He is a grandson of another Greek shipping giant, his mother's father, Stavros G. Livanos.
In 1955 Vickers Armstrongs Shipbuilders Ltd launched for Stavros Niarchos what was then the World's largest supertanker. The ship was named after his new son.
In 1987, while skiing in Switzerland, he met 19-year-old Daphne Guinness and they soon married. The marriage ended in divorce, with Guinness receiving a $39 million settlement in 1999.
The couple has three children:
In January 1999, Niarchos was a witness at the wedding of his best friend, Ernst August, Prince of Hanover. He is the godfather of Crown Prince Pavlos' youngest son, Aristides-Stavros. With his brother, Philip, Niarchos is co-president and member of the board of directors at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.