Chris Lazari

Christos Lazari (May 1946 – 27 July 2015) was a Cyprus-born British billionaire property developer.

Early life Chris Lazari was born in Dora, Cyprus, the son of a builder. In 1962, he emigrated to England. At the time, he was 16 years old. The event was prompted by the discovery that his parents were in fact his foster family.

His company Lazari Investments owned 2.5 million sq ft (230,000 m2) of London property as of 2015, most of which were offices.

Personal life Lazari and his wife Maritsa had three children and lived in Hampstead, London. His wife Maritza is listed as a co-founder of Lazari Investments, and their three children, Len, Nicholas and Andrie are all directors. The two sons have economics degrees, and Andrie has a property law background.