Leon Patitsas

Leon Patitsas (; born 1976) is an English-Greek shipowner and founder of Atlas Maritime.

Biography Leon Patitsas was born in February 1976, in London, the son of Spyridon "Spyros" Patitsas, a naval architect from Lefkada, Greece and Marigo Lemou-Patitsa, who is the daughter of Captain Leon C. Lemos. Patitsas has an older brother, Philimon Patitsas.

Patitsas educated at Moraitis School, a private school in Athens, followed by a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University, Boston.

Personal life In 2006, Patitsas began dating Marietta Chrousala, a Greek fashion model and TV presenter. They married on 5 June 2010, and have three children together.

Their wedding party took place aboard the Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, a famous war memorial, causing a scandal regarding how permission could have been granted for such an event.

In 2013, Patitsas bought a loft apartment in New York City for $5.5 million.