Nikolaos P. Tsakos

Mr. Tsakos graduated from Columbia University in New York with a degree in Economics and Political Science and obtained a Masters’ Degree in Shipping, Trade and Finance from London’s City University Business School (formerly Cass). In 2011, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from City University, for his pioneering work in the equity financial markets relating to shipping companies. He is married and has three children.

Mr. Tsakos is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN), a pioneering shipping company, established in 1993 and quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. He comes from a traditional Chios seafaring family and has extensive seagoing experience, having also served as an Officer in the Greek Navy. Mr. Tsakos is Vice-Chairman of the GSCC in London, was Chairman of INTERTANKO from 2014 to 2018 and the former President of the environmental organization, “HELMEPA”. He sits on the boards of a number of maritime and finance organizations and associations. Mr. Tsakos is the co-founder, together with his family, of the Maria Tsakos Educational Foundation, which supports the higher education of young men and women, both in their native island Chios and abroad.