Nicholas X. Notias (Greek: Νικόλαος Χ. Νοτιάς; born 1966) is an American businessman, shipowner and ship-manager, owner of Seabridge Chartering LLC located in Wall Street, Vice President and director of operations of Independence Maritime Agency Inc. and Trojan Maritime Inc.[1] He's also a large shareholder of the real estate Notias Constructions Company, director of operations of Cardiff Holdings Inc., director of operations of Liverpool Holdings Inc., and until June 2013, the major shareholder and Vice President[2] of the famous Greek football club AEK Athens.
With AEK struggling terribly in corruption and the prospect of relegation to the fourth division looming, Demis Nikolaidis (ex club charismatic player) supported by the majority of AEK fans, established a consortium of businessmen[9] such as Polys V. Hajioannou, Petros Pappas and Takis Kanellopoulos, who convinced Nikos Notias to participate in the project.
At the first contact, which was held in New York City, Nikos Notias was convinced that the operators had pure purposes, and a great vision for the club's regeneration.
Among the tremendous economic crisis in Greece and due to the club's financial problems, AEK Athens in June 2013 declared bankruptcy and was self-relegated to the amateur third division.
Unfortunately, the rest of the project (the club's Museum, Hotel, Aquatic Center and two more soccer fields) could not be delivered and remained unfinished.