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S O C V st ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 101 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A wEEkly GrEEk-AmEriCAN PuBliCATiON 1915-2016 VOL. 19, ISSUE 991 October 8-14 , 2016 c v $1.50 Maillis, a Seven Greek-Americans On Forbes’ 400 Richest List 9-Year-Old New Balance’s Jim Davis, a philanthropist Enrolled and son of Greek immigrants, is #94 Forbes Magazine’s annual list crosoft’s Bill Gates at number of the 400 richest Americans in - one and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, in College cludes seven Greek-Americans, who moved into second place with New Balance running ahead of investor Warren Buffet, shoe’s Jim Davis leading his have fortunes totaling $814 bil - Budding Physicist peers at number 94 with an es - lion. timated fortune of $5.1 billion, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Prove tied with seven others. is fourth, former New York Davis, 73, the son of Greek Mayor Michael Bloomberg, that God Exists immigrants, lives in Newton, sixth, and Larry Page and Sergey Massachusetts, and oversees Brin of Google at 9 and 10, with TNH Staff one of the top running shoe Brin the richest immigrant on companies in the world. the list, 14 of whom have more William Maillis is a 9-year- He has donated to many money than New York business - old with a lot more on his plate causes, including financing stat - man and Presidential candidate than most kids his age. Most are ues of 1946 Boston Marathon Donald Trump, whose fortune in the fourth grade, tackling winner Stylianos Kyriakides, fell $800 million very fast. nothing more challenging than with 1896 Olympic marathon The top 20 immigrants have multiplication and division, but winner Spiridon Louis, near the a net worth of $248 billion, the William is contemplating the start of the Boston race and in top 20 women $262 billion and origins of the universe. Having Marathon, Greece, and con - the top 20 youngest have $114 graduated high school in May, tributing to another of the un - billion, including three who the Penn Township, PA native is paralleled two-sport star Harry founded Airbnb, used by 60 mil - now one of the youngest ever Agganis, who played for the lion people so far to rent rooms to attend college. Boston Red Sox and died at 26 and apartments around the A full-time student at Com - in 1955. world. munity College of Allegheny He bought New Balance in THE GREEK LIST County, William will enroll at 1972 when it was making only A mover and shaker, Catsi - Carnegie Mellon University in 30 pairs of shoes a day but cap - matidis, 68, who ran for Mayor Pittsburgh next fall to ease into italized on the running craze of of New York and recently had college life as his father Peter, a that decade when Americans his face put on a stamp in Greek Orthodox priest said, as took to the roads for exercise. Greece, moved with his family reported in People magazine. AP PHOTO/PETrOS GiANNAkOuriS In 1976, the New Balance 320 from Greece to New York and William told People, “It doesn’t The Refugee Crisis Continues in Greece was ranked the best running lived in an apartment in bother me” being the youngest shoe in the word, ahead of rivals Harlem. student in class, “I’m used to it A Syrian girl runs through a light drizzle among tents at the Ritsona camp for refugees and such as Nike, Adidas, Tiger, He worked as a grocery clerk by now.” other migrants. Greece’s Immigration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said the government Puma and others, pumping up With plans to study physics has failed to deal with the numbers of refugee and migrants flooding the country. Page 9. his fortunes. Continued on page 6 and the chemistry of space, He’s followed by: William has set his academic • New York grocery store and goals about as high as any stu - real estate giant John Catsima - dent can. He plans to earn his tidis at 194 with $3.3 billion, doctorate and become an astro - THI Honors Greece’s Heroes at Gala tied with 10 others Top Greek physicist. Already challenging • Hair products and tequila the theories of geniuses like Al - businessman John Paul DeJoria bert Einstein and Stephen By Demetris Tsakas Since its founding four years ious companies, so that young of Texas, tied with seven others Directors Hawking when he talks about ago, THI has raised nearly $10 people may gain professional at 214 with $3.1 billion black holes not being “super NEW YORK – The Hellenic Ini - million for Greece. About two- training and permanent employ - • Acquisitions expert C. Dean massive” William uses “displace - tiative’s (THI) fourth annual gala thirds of that was committed to ment. Metropoulos of Connecticut and at NYCGFF ment of space-time,” “singular - took place on September 30 at supporting entrepreneurship The second part focused on Florida tied at 274 with $2.5 bil - ity,” and “pure gravity” in his ex - the Waldorf Astoria in Manhat - and development, and a third to Olympic champions who won 19 lion: planations effortlessly. tan, and was dedicated to the the victims of the economic cri - medals at the Rio Olympics. Pre - • Alex Spanos, owner of By Penelope Karageorge By demonstrating that only heroes of Greece. sis. sent were Greece’s Katerina Ste - the San Diego Chargers and a an outside force could form the Emceed by actor Chris Dia - The first part of the event fanidi (gold medal in women’s real estate empire, tied at 290 This year the New York City universe, he said, “I want to mantopoulos, the event was at - lauded the work of the charita - polevault), Eleftherios Petrou - with $2.4 billion Greek Film Festival played host prove to everybody that God tended by approximately 700 ble organizations METAdrasi nias (gold medal in men’s rings) • California real estate ty - to an amazing gathering of di - does exist,” as People reported. members of the Greek-American (Action for Migration & Devel - and Spyros Gianniotis (silver coon George Argyros, tied at rectors and actors and invited Maillis said William “was our community, including about 200 opment) and Together for Chil - medal in men’s 10km marathon 335 with $2.1 billion filmgoers to meet these talents 17-year-surprise.” He and wife young Greeks involved with the dren, as well as the ReGenera - swim) from the homeland, as • New York investor Pete Pe - at a reception at 3 West. With Nancy have two elder children, newly established global orga - tion Program, which helps well as Greek-American Helen terson, tied at number 353 with compassion and originality, daughter, Marianna, 29, and nization The Hellenic Initiative combat youth unemployment $1.95 billion three of Greece’s great film di - son, Elias, 26. Maillis soon real - New Leaders. through paid internships in var - Continued on page 4 The top 20 overall, led by Mi - rectors in particular have mined ized that their youngest was ad - the tragedy of contemporary vanced when at 6 months old Greece to create involving dra - he started accurately identifying mas; Tassos Boulmetis, creator numbers and speaking in com - of Mythopathy; Manoussos plete sentences at just 7 months Erdogan Manoussakis, director of Cloudy old, he said. Sunday; and Christopher Pa - “William was just very sharp” pakaliatis, writer/director of and remembers everything he Disputes Worlds Apart. They talked about sees, his father noted. their movies with film goers and The impressive milestones the NH. continued with math feats like Treaty Boulmetis, brilliant direc - addition at 21 months and mul - tor/writer of the beloved Poli - tiplication at 2 years old. tika Kouzina, a movie that went William was also reading and TNH Staff down like honey, brought us the writing at age 2 and by age 4 long-awaited Mythopathy. Some he added algebra, sign lan - Turkish President Recep viewers carped. They were look - guage, and reading Greek to his Tayyip Erdogan said his country ing for an easy film. The major - academic repertoire. Geometry made a mistake signing the ity of filmgoers gave Mythopa - followed a year later and 1923 Treaty of Lausanne that set thy four stars. It’s tender, trigonometry by age 7. borders and let Greece keep is - humorous and many-layered, a Though he was obviously ad - lands off his country’s shore. beautiful cinematic experience. Reconsolidating power in the Boulmetis sets his Mythopathy Continued on page 6 wake of a July coup attempt that in the 1970’s, when he was a failed to oust him as he moved student, a time of political crisis. toward dictatorial authority, Erd - “The same things are happening goan told regional officials in today,” Boulmetis told the NH. Ankara that, “Some tried to de - “What happens to a society George ceive us by presenting Lausanne when it starts deconstructing as a victory,” Kathimerini re - the myths on which it’s been ported. built? That’s what we’re doing Maragos Now The pact set the borders of now in Greece. We have rejected modern Turkey following the the past. We don’t have a place collapse of the Ottoman Empire to stand on, a spiritual infra - Democrat but he said it gave away too structure to rely upon.” much, setting off anxiety in TNH/COSTAS BEJ Calling his film “a sarcastic Greece over what his intentions Princess Tatiana and Prince Nikolaos Visit TNH comedy,” the director continues. TNH Staff might be. “It’s a film about loss on many Turkish fighter jets regularly The couple talked about their love of Greece and Greek food.
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