The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Albania
This page contains a list of the greatest Albanian Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 1 of which were born in Albania. This makes Albania the birth place of the 51st most number of Businesspeople behind Réunion, and Yemen.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Albanian Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Albanian Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Evangelos Zappas (1800 - 1865)
With an HPI of 52.66, Evangelos Zappas is the most famous Albanian Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Evangelos or Evangelis Zappas (23 August 1800 – 19 June 1865; Greek: Ευάγγελος or Ευαγγέλης Ζάππας; Romanian: Evanghelie Zappa) was a Greek patriot, philanthropist and businessman who spent most of his life in Romania. He is recognized today as one of the founders of the modern Olympic Games, which were held in 1859, 1870, 1875, and 1888 and preceded the Olympic Games that came under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee. These Games, known at the time simply as Olympics (Greek: Ολύμπια), came before the founding of the International Olympic Committee itself. The legacy of Zappas, as well as the legacy of his cousin Konstantinos, was also used to fund the Olympic Games of 1896. During his youth, Zappas joined the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832), achieving the rank of Major and fighting in several significant battles. Following Greek independence, he moved to Wallachia where he had a successful career as a businessman, becoming one of the richest men of that time in Eastern Europe. Aside from being the only major sponsor of the Olympic revival at that time, Zappas's philanthropy also included contributions toward the foundation of several Greek institutions and schools as well as sports and exhibition facilities.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Albanian businesspeople born between 1800 and 1800. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Albanian businesspeople include Evangelos Zappas.