George Youroukos

George Youroukos

Managing Director, Technomar Shipping Inc., Greece

George Youroukos is the Founder and the Managing Director of Technomar Shipping Inc.  He has been involved in shipping since 1993 when he joined a major Greek ship owning company and worked in various departments. A year later he founded Technomar Shipping Inc. He has been involved in the Container and Dry bulk sectors for more than 25 years. Technomar today manages a fleet of over 100 ships consisting primarily of container as well as dry bulk ships.   Since November 2018 he has been the Executive Chairman of GSL (NYSE:GSL) when the strategic combination with Poseidon Containers was completed. Mr. Youroukos holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marine Engineering from University College of London University (UK) and a Master’s degree in Engineering from Brunel University (UK).  He has been appointed chairman of RINA Hellenic committee since 2011.