Nikos Hadjinikolaou

Nikos Hatzinikolaou (Greek: Νίκος Χατζηνικολάου), (born 1962 in Alexandroupoli, northern Greece), also spelled as Hatzinicolaou and Chatzinikolaou is the most famous Greek journalist and entrepreneur.[1] He studied at Panteion University without receiving his university degree. Hadjinikolaou started early his career in journalism as a columnist for Mesimvrini daily and later Acropolis but made a name for himself on private electronic media. He was news anchor for Mega Channel from 1989 and until 2003 when he moved to Alpha TV. He was president, head of the news department and central news anchor in Alpha TV for three years. In April 2007 he became the news anchor of Alter Channel. From 1989 onwards, he hosted a weekly talk-show Enopios-Enopio (face-to-face) featuring various personalities from Greece and around the globe, including Bill Gates, Mikhail Gorbachev and Jimmy Carter.

In 2007 he founded Real Group, a company consisting originally of the radio station REAL FM 97.8 and later of the Sunday (newspaper) REAL NEWS and the website Real.gr. Within three years REAL FM became one the most popular Greek radio stations, surpassing other radio stations that have been broadcasting for over fifty years. REAL NEWS instantly became one of the top 5 Sundays nationwide with respect to sales. Since 2013 he is also in Star Channel as the main (political) news commentator and the host of the weekly political show STON eNIKO . Moreover he is involved in the news website enikos.gr . Recently he started publishing every Saturday the financial newspaper AGORA .

Hatzinikolaou has received various prizes for his work in the field of Television News including Best Greek Journalist for 8 consecutive years. His father was a member of the Greek Parliament and a minister of Greece with New Democracy party. He married twice and he has three sons and one daughter.

Outline of television career

References

  1. ↑ "Nikos Hadjinikolaou medaled by the Spanish Ambassador". forth.gr. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

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