HARRY DOES HIS HOME WORK

摘要

It is immediately clear when meeting Harry Vafias that he truly loves his work. "I sleep with my BlackBerry: it's my new wife!" he quips. It is this very attitude that has enabled the meteoric rise of StealthGas, his LPG carrier company, as well as his ability to maintain both Stealth Maritime -the oil and product tanker business which was his first solo venture, and Brave Maritime-his family's bulk carrier fleet. From an early age a career in business seemed to be Vafias' destiny, as he recalls trading items with his classmates at school in Greece. He was surrounded by the shipping industry growing up too, as his father, Nicholas, created Brave Maritime in 1972. "I went to the office in the summertime from a very young age. I never had any doubt that would be the path I followed after my studies," he said.