George Economou

George Economou

George Economou (#798)

  • $ 5 B
  • Shipping
  • Greece
  • M
  • 73 Years

About Me

George Economou is a Greek shipping tycoon who owns several privately-held firms under his TMS Group. He took one of those firms, Dryships, public on the Nasdaq in 2005 before ultimately taking it private again in 2019 at a $456 million valuation. In 2018, he sold offshore drilling firm Ocean Rig to publicly traded TransOcean at a $2.7 billion valuation, just 18 months after the firm filed for bankruptcy. Between August and December 2023, Economou bought large positions in several publicly-traded shipping firms in the U.S. Outside of shipping, he owns an estimated $250 million art collection including works by Pablo Picasso. Part of it is on display in his private museum in Athens.
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  • #806   Billionaires (2026)

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Current Net Worth: $5.3B (May 4, 2026)