Meet the Wealth-Creating Brothers Who Helped Build Modern Greece

When Nicholas, the last of the Zosimades brothers, died in 1842, Greece's King Othon declared three days of national mourning. The King paid tribute to the brothers and their enormous contributions to the economic, social, and political transformation of Greece from an oppressed province of Turkey to a new, free, and hopeful nation that respected private commerce, business success, and charitable giving.