Stavros Niarchos III
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Stavros Niarchos III (b. 17 April 1985) is a professional kiteboarder and heir to a Greek shipping fortune.
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[edit] Family
Of Greek, Irish, Austrian, and Mexican ancestry, Niarchos was born in New York City and grew up in Paris, France. He is the elder son of Philippe Niarchos and his third wife, the former Victoria Guinness. He also is a great-grandson of the socialite Gloria Guinness,[1] and his namesake grandfather, shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos, was a rival of Aristotle Onassis.
Niarchos is a first cousin, once removed of Athina Onassis, whose maternal grandmother, Tina Onassis, was Niarchos's great-aunt as well as the fifth wife of his paternal grandfather. One of his great-uncles is Aga Khan IV.[2]
[edit] Education
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He went to school in Paris with Andrea, Charlotte, and Pierre Casiraghi, children of Princess Caroline of Monaco.[citation needed] His senior year of high school was spent at Seabury Hall, a college preparatory school located in Olinda on Maui, Hawaii.[3] After high school, Niarchos attended the University of Southern California Film School.[4]
[edit] Celebrity
Niarchos is perhaps best-known for dating Paris Hilton, Mary-Kate Olsen[4] and Lindsay Lohan[5] He has also be seen modeling with actress Kate Bosworth[4] in her January 2005 GQ magazine spread.[citation needed]Now According to a Rumor he is now set to be dating Hilary Duff.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Genealogy Source, Noble House of Said
- ^ See note 1
- ^ "TEACHING - Kids and kiteboard"; June 2003 article on youth kiteboard training on Maui
- ^ a b c Foster, Alistair (5 May 2006) "Billionaires who loved and lost Paris." Evening Standard (London)
- ^ Walls, Jeannette (3 May 2006) MSNBC via MSN Jeannette Walls' 'The Scoop' Column.
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