Sostratus_the_Aeginetan
Sostratus of Aegina
6th century BC Greek merchant
Sostratos of Aegina (Greek: Σώστρατος ὁ Αιγινήτης), son of Laodamus, is reported by Herodotus as a famous merchant in the sixth century BC Hellenic world[1] - indeed to have gained "the biggest profit any Greek trader we have reliable information about has ever made from his cargo".[2]