Panayis Athanase Vagliano Greek: Παναγής Βαλλιάνος a.k.a. Panaghis Athanassiou Vallianos, (1814 – 1902) was a merchant and shipowner, acclaimed as the 'father of modern Greek shipping'.
He was born in Kerameies on the Greek island of Kefalonia, where he first became a sailor, before becoming part of the Greek diaspora.
He joined his brothers Marinos and Andreas, initially settling in Taganrog, Russian Empire around around 1840. Together they form...
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Panayis Athanase Vagliano Greek: Παναγής Βαλλιάνος a.k.a. Panaghis Athanassiou Vallianos, (1814 – 1902) was a merchant and shipowner, acclaimed as the 'father of modern Greek shipping'.
He was born in Kerameies on the Greek island of Kefalonia, where he first became a sailor, before becoming part of the Greek diaspora.
He joined his brothers Marinos and Andreas, initially settling in Taganrog, Russian Empire around around 1840. Together they formed Vaglianos Bros. as grain-merchants and shippers, making good profits from the high prices of grain during the Crimean War. It is said that they sometimes bought the whole Russian wheat export crop, and were pioneers of exchange-traded wheat contracts.
After the war ended, fellow Greeks had problems finding shippers for their cargoes from the Great Powers; Vaglianos Bros. stepped in and offered them financing and transport on their own ships.
Vagliano moved his business to London in 1858, as grain merchants, bankers, and shippers, but kept...
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