Dimitris Daskalopoulos

[1] From 1983 to 2007, Daskalopoulos was the principal owner, Chairman and CEO of Delta Holdings/Vivartia SA, Greece’s largest food conglomerate.

[8][9] The collection now comprises over 500 works by 170 artists, including Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, and Kiki Smith.

[15] In 2013, Daskalopoulos founded NEON,[16] a non-profit organization which works to bring contemporary culture in Greece closer to everyone.

Its activities are financed exclusively from private funds and Its operating costs for the first three years are covered in their entirety by Dimitris Daskalopoulos.

[3] Daskalopoulos was appointed Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2023 UK Honours List in recognition of his services to the arts and philanthropy.