Nicolas George Ioannou (Greek: Νικόλας Γιώργος Ιωάννου; born 8 January 1965), also known as "Rudy", is a Cypriot yacht and speedboat manufacturer since 1991, and a property developer.
[2] As a speed boat manufacturer he organised the first red sea rib rally[3][4][5] and brought to this event a long list of world class royalty, celebrities, business people and adventurers,[6] and created thereafter a series of events which included the first ever Formula 2 race in the Egyptian Nile, "les 8 heurs du nil".
He later moved to speedboat and rigid inflatable boat manufacturing where he ended up receiving several awards for retail and military navy contracting.
Ioannou is undertaking many of these projects reportedly along with his Egyptian and Saudi Arabian billionaire partners who are shareholders within the company.
After providing refuge to the surviving victims he was esteemed as a man of resources to aid the Cypriot government in political missions during crisis.