Basil Μαραγκόπουλος: currently, she street vendor in…luck, industrialist

Basil Μαραγκόπουλος (Βραχναίικα, 1874 – Athens, 1944) was a Greek industrialist and a patron of Patras. He developed a great…
charitable activity, he was a member of the Παναχαϊκής and president of the New york.The. Of patras, greece. The Μαραγκόπουλος was born in Βραχνέικα , where he finished the lycée, he was the son of George Μαραγκόπουλου and had six other brothers and sisters.
At the age of 20 years he settled in Patras and began to work as a peddler of initially carrying to the shoulder of the merchandise, spooling handkerchiefs and needles, and then with a χειρόκαρο you get the one with the three wheels that were attracted to the same fruit vendor on which he was sleeping. In 1910 he married Marika Σταθακοπούλου that he had two children.
In 1912, a random event risk and daring was the first step for the subsequent development of an industrialist.
The statue is located in the courtyard of the 409 Military Hospital, in Patras, greece
In 1912 the port of Patras sank by half a commercial ship that was carrying fabrics, the goods went to auction but no one was buying it with the fear of having wet the fabrics and have broken.
The Μαραγκόπουλος borrows money and buys the merchandise and then launder the fabrics and sells them winning a lot of money.
In 1919 he bought a manual καλτσομηχανές that he gave them to houses that worked for him starting his business, the 1920’s building store, and in 1927, the company converted to a public limited Company.

The Μαραγκόπουλος was a great benefactor of Achaia, erected the municipal school of Βραχναιίκων, school, Beach in the summers worked as a camp PIKPA, completed the Military hospital of Patras, where in the yard today there’s a statue of him. With personal expenses περιλθάπτει refugees of the asia minor catastrophe.
The Panachaiko and near the Ζάστοβα began construction of a sanatorium] that they stopped because of the upcoming war and never finished.
For the Benefit of the action he was awarded the medal of the golden palm, was declared a “great national benefactor” and “patron of Βραχνέικων”.
The Μαραγκόπουλος he was a member of the board of directors of the Παναχαϊκής and president of the New york.The. Patras, in the period 1937-1940, he was the one that created the big team of the Group that conquered the then five leagues of Greece in water polo].
Actions of Μαραγκόπουλου the Group moved to the “breakwater of Gounaris’ in new sports facilities with wooden seats 1000 spectators.
After the death of the.The. Patras honored him with the annual organisation of the swimming competitions and water polo “Μαραγκοπούλεια” which were made from 1947 to 1973 which was stopped due to the contamination of the waters of the dock.
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