Prodromos Bodosakis-Athanasiadis
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Prodromos Bodosakis-Athanasiadis

Greek businessman

Prodromos Bodosakis-Athanasiadis (Greek: Πρόδρομος Μποδοσάκης Αθανασιάδης; 1890–1979) was one of the most important figures in 20th century Greek industrial history. He created an immense industrial empire with weapons factories, mines and plants in diverse branches of industry in the 1930s.2

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Born 1890, died Jan 18, 1979.1

Companies

Early life and education

He was born to a Cappadocian Greek family in the region of Bor, Cappadocia, Asia Minor in 1890. Prodomos migrated to Greece after the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22). From 1934, he controlled the Pyrkal, one of the oldest Greek defence industries with significant contribution during the Greco-Italian War.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

  • Date not recordedFounded Bodossaki Foundation3
  • Date not recordedFounded LARCO4

Personal life

  • Born1890, Bor6