Evangelis Zappas aka Evangelos Zappas was a Greek businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the modern international Olympic Games. He was born in northern Epirus (today part of Albania) in 1800 and moved to Bucharest in 1831. In 1856 he wrote to King Otto of Greece offering 400 shares in the steamship company so that the dividends could be used to establish the Olympic Games, the Olympiad, and to provide prizes to the Olympian victors. Wikipedia
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