Together with his recently deceased brother Leonidas, they were donors of the Papageorgiou General Hospital, in Thessaloniki.
He died at the age of 92 Nikolaos Papageorgiou, a great national benefactor and one of the most important business players in the fur industry. Together with his recently deceased brother Leonidas they were his donors Papageorgiou General Hospitalin Thessaloniki.
Firstborn son of Georgios Papageorgiou and Alexandra Gimba, Nikolaos Papageorgiou was born in 1930 in Siatista Kozani.
Having lost his father early in the 1940 war, he was forced to work as a child to support his family. The difficult conditions of life armed him with courage and perseverance. Studious and tireless, he started his professional activity in 1953 together with his brothers Leonidas and Apostolos. From early on, it focused on the production and trade of fur, always with the aim of exporting to foreign markets.
His visionary spirit and entrepreneurial spirit elevated the family’s companies to the top of Greece as early as 1963. The Papageorgiou name became synonymous with high quality and pioneering, and in the 1970s and 1980s it dominated not only the European but also the world market.
A man of courage and social sensitivity, Nikolaos Papageorgiou did not limit himself to the helm of his active group of businesses. Together with his brother Leonidas, they created the Papageorgiou Foundation in 1991. Having a vision and goal of offering to Greek society, they allocated 30 million dollars and undertook the construction and equipment of Papageorgiou General Hospital in Thessaloniki.
His philanthropic contribution and social work in his hometown, the historic city of Siatista, were rich, where he donated for the construction and maintenance of the Gymnasium and Lyceum and the reconstruction of the “Agios Dimitrios” and “Profitis Ilias” churches. He granted scholarships to economically weak students of the Municipality of Voi, to cover the costs of their university studies.
He was married to Anna Tziura, with whom they had two children, George and Marko.
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