Dimitris Kontominas

Dimitris Kontominas (Greek: Δημήτρης Κοντομηνάς; 3 June 1939 – 10 March 2022) was a Greek businessman who was active in insurance, television, cinema, and retail trade.

Life and career

Kontominas was born on 3 June 1939 in Athens, Greece. He studied at the American University of Beirut. Initially he worked as an insurer in American Life (ALICO). In 1969, he cofounded with Alexander Tampoura the insurance company Interamerican.[1] Interamerican now belongs to Eureko BV. Kontominas remained chairman until 2005.[2]

Kontominas owned Prime Insurance and MyDirect insurers. He founded or acquired other companies, including:

In 2012, Kontominas took back the shares of Alpha TV[7] when RTL Group decided to exit.

In 2015, Alpha TV was the number one Greek TV station.

Kontominas was the president of DEMCO GROUP, one of Greece's largest investment holding companies. It has a diversified portfolio, with holdings in media, financial services, entertainment, IT & telecoms, leisure & entertainment, and food & beverages. Within its companies' portfolio one can find Village Group (cinema and films), Alpha TV and Alpha Radio, Intertech (Panasonic's exclusive representative in Greece), Prime Insurance, myDirect online insurance, Sportday newspaper and many more.[8]

For a little time in the early 2000s he was the owner of Aris F.C.

He was declared "Great Protekdikos Archon of the Ecumenical Throne"[9] by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and "Great Benefactor" by the Metropolis of Chalcedon.

He was arrested in 2014. According to the authorities approximately 200 million euros worth of loans were issued by the bank, during the period in question to companies controlled by certain well-connected businessmen without guarantees, none of which have been repaid. The case is also linked to another financial scandal involving another 300 million euros worth of losses due to bad loans made to a property developer. The accused faced charges including fraud, money laundering and complicity in malpractice. The story made headlines in 2014 by a rival channel Alter owned by Nikos Kouris.

Kontominas died on 10 March 2022, at the age of 82.[10] He had one daughter and two grandchildren.

References
  1. "Founding of interamerican". Interamerican.
  2. "INVgr / Dimitris Kontpminas steps down as Chairman of Interamerican, to sell 3.3% of Eureko". invgr.com.
  3. "Archives from other banks: Archives from Eurobank financial merger partners". eurobank.gr. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. "Eurobank: Our History". eurobank.gr. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  5. "Intertech Officer from reuters". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015.
  6. "NovaBank Changes to Millennium Bank, Expands in Greece". Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  7. "RTL Group". csridentity.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015.
  8. "home". demco.gr.
  9. "Ονομαστικός Κατάλογος των Αρχόντων Οφφικιάλων της Μεγάλης του Χριστού Εκκλησίας".
  10. Kokkinidis, Tasos (10 March 2022). "Greek Businessman Dimitris Kontominas Dies at 83". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

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