Evangelos Papastratos facts for kids

Evangelos Papastratos (born in 1910, died in 1998) was a Greek businessman. He was born in the city of Agrinio, which is in a part of Greece called Aetolia-Acarnania.

Who Was Evangelos Papastratos?

Evangelos Papastratos was a very important person in the business world of Greece. Even though he was the youngest of his brothers, he was the first one in his family to start working with tobacco.

Building a Big Business

Evangelos worked with his brother, Sotirios. Together, they started a company called the Papastratiou Brothers. This company grew to be one of the largest tobacco businesses in Greece. They were very successful for many years. However, in the 1970s and 1980s, more cigarettes started coming into Greece from other countries. This made it harder for local companies like Papastratiou Brothers to be the biggest.

Beyond Business: His Book

Besides being a successful businessman, Evangelos Papastratos also wrote a book. It was called I douleia kai o kopos tis, which means The Work and Its Toil.