He was also a rival as well as father-in-law to billionaire Greek shipping tycoons Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos.
[1] The Massacre of Chios in 1822 caused the destruction of the family ship-owning business, which, however, was eventually revived in the course of the 19th century, with the purchase of the ship S/V Kaesar by Georgios M. Livanos in 1878.
[3] The third of four sons of steamship owner George Livanos, he turned the outbreak of the First World War into opportunities.
[3] Even during the postwar demise of the shipping boom, Livanos managed to stay on top by investing only with cash instead of credit.
[3] He was notoriously tight with his money, a claim that the late Stavros Niarchos remembered as accurate.