John Coumantaros

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John Coumantaros
Born
John George Coumantaros

1961 (age 6263)
NationalityGreek-American
Alma mater Yale University
Occupationbusinessman
Titlechairman of Flour Mills of Nigeria
Parent(s) George S. Coumantaros
Sophie Coumantaros

John George Coumantaros (born 1961) is a Greek-American businessman, the chairman of Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) since 2014, and its former CEO. [1] [2]

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Early life

He was born in 1961, [3] the son of George S. Coumantaros, who founded FMN in 1960. Coumantaros attended the Buckley School (New York City), the Hotchkiss School and has a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University. [4] [2]

Career

Coumantaros began his career in 1984 with Southern Star Shipping (owned by his father), and has been president since 2009. [5]

He has been president of Load Line Capital LLC, and a director of Oxbow Carbon LLC since 2007. [2] [5]

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References

  1. John George Coumantaros (10 September 2014). "John George Coumantaros: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "John Coumantaros, Director". Oxbow.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. John G. Coumantaros (10 September 2014). "John G. Coumantaros | FMN". Fmnplc.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  4. "John Coumantaros | World Economic Forum". Weforum.org. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 John Coumantaros. "John Coumantaros: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 July 2017.