While they remain his models today, Georgiopoulos seems to have his doubts about how many more Onassises and Fredriksens — maybe even how many more Georgiopouloses — are out there in the pipeline in a changing industry.

“You still have a lot of entrepreneurs and mavericks out there but fewer and fewer are coming into this industry,” Georgiopoulos said. “I don’t know if I see the 30-year-old John Fredriksen or Peter G out there in the market.