Global Greek Thrillionaire - Presenting Nik Halik!

Greek Australian Nik Halik has just turned 40! If you were to judge his age by his Bio you would think it more likely that he is much older... but don't let his age fool you...he started young and does it all!

He calls himself The Thrillionaire. He has the money and motivation to pursue a list of things he wants to do before he dies, but even then he's got it all worked out. After all, he wrote his Things to Do list when he was eight years old, not something a lot of us have done.

He's had lunch on the Titanic; flown in a MiG aircraft; climbed Mt Everest, and trained to be the first Australian (and Greek) civilian in space.

Born in Australia to Greek parents Konstantinos and Dionisia Halikopoulos, Nik Halik (Nikos Halikopoulos) is something of a living legend!

According to his blog, Nik became a multi-millionaire and amassed great wealth through savvy investments in property and the stock market in his late 20s.

As well as being a global wealth strategist, Nik is a successful entrepreneur, international speaker, astronaut, high adrenalin adventurer and best-selling author. He is the founder and CEO of the FINANCIAL FREEDOM INSTITUTE, Money Masters Global and co-founder of The Intelligence Group of companies. His group of companies have financially educated and life coached over 250,000 individuals globally. He is the real deal, creating millionaire clients across the globe.

As an avid, thrill seeking adventurer, Nik was one of the first explorers to dive down five miles and land on the bow of the Titanic. He has summited the highest mountains in the world and was one of the privileged select explorers in the world to view the curvature of the earth from the edge of space. He is the very first flight-qualified and certified civilian astronaut from Australia and his biggest dream is to walk on the moon.

"I want to be one of the first group settlers to colonise the moon and I am prepared to provide all my wealth to charity and be stripped back to basics. That would be a really unique experience. It's something that I've been waiting for all my life", he told ABC News, and hopes to be a part of the NASA move to colonise the moon by 2018.

However if that doesn't happen, Halik has guaranteed he will make it there one day...

"I've paid an American company to, in the event of my death, my cremated remains will be rocketed to the moon and my ashes will be scattered on the lunar surface, so eventually I will make it to the moon." he says.

He currently resides in Miami, Florida but also in one of his homes in the Greek Islands, Morocco and Australia.

In JULY 2005, he set off on an expedition and thrill seeking adventure which consisted of diving 3 miles deep in the cold water abyss of the North Atlantic Ocean in a 3 manned Russian submersible, to become the first Australian (and Greek) to land on the bow section of the TITANIC and have lunch on it, the first Australian to set foot on the TITANIC since the 1912 sinking of the famous cruise liner in dangerous iceberg plagued waters.

His latest book,The Thrillionaire is orchestrated with stories of adventure interspersed with financial wisdom and personal development - an astonishing personal journey that will touch you deeply. Nik is an extremely gifted writer, painting beautiful pictures in the minds of readers and taking us on his journeys with him. He is an extraordinary individual and his uniqueness comes out at you from every page in this book.

The Thrillionaire® splashes a kaleidoscope of colours onto a life mosaic which will inspire, connect, contribute and stir the soul of every reader with its oasis of enlightenment.

Good Luck, Nik! We look forward to hearing more about your Thrillionaire achievements!

To Read More about Nik:

Nik's Thrillionaire Blog Click here

Nik in Space Click here

Nik on Facebook Click Here

Global Greeks in Space - Greek Russian Cosmonaut -Fyodor (Thodoros) Yurchikhin!

FYODOR NIKOLAYEVICH YURCHIKHIN (PH.D.) RSC ENERGIA TEST-COSMONAUTFyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin is a Greek-Russian cosmonaut and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on several missions, including STS-112, Soyuz TMA-10, and Expedition 15. He has collectively spent over 207 days in space.In October 2002, Fyodor became the first Greek in space, participating in the STS-112 mission for the International Space Station. A Russian citizen of Pontian Greek descent, he called his mother from orbit, speaking to her in the Pontian Greek dialect. He also carried a Greek flag with him which was later presented to the President of Greece.PERSONAL DATA: Fyodor was born January 3, 1959, in Batumi, Georgia in the Former USSR, to Pontian Greeks Nikolai Fyodorovich Yurchikhin and Mikrula Sofoklevna Yurchikhina, who now reside in Sindos, Greece.Fyodor is married to Larisa Anatolievna Yurshikina and they have two daughters. He also has a brother, 2 years younger. Hobbies include collecting stamps and space logos, sports, history of cosmonautics, and promotion of space. He also enjoys reading history, science fiction and the classics.EDUCATION: After graduation from high school in Batumi in 1976, he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergey Ordzhonikidze. He finished studying in 1983, and is qualified as a mechanical engineer, specializing in airspace vehicles. In 2001, he graduated from the Moscow Service State University with a Ph.D. in economics.EXPERIENCE: Since graduating from the S. Ordzhonikidze Moscow Aviation Institute in 1983, Yurchikhin has worked at the Russian Space Corporation Energia. He began working as a controller in the Russian Mission Control Center, and held the positions of engineer, senior engineer, and lead engineer, eventually becoming a lead engineer for Shuttle-Mir and NASA-Mir Programs.In August 1997, he was enrolled in the RSC Energia cosmonaut detachment as a cosmonaut-candidate.From January 1998 to November 1999, he completed his basic training course. In November 1999, he was qualified as a test cosmonaut. In January 2000, he started training in the test-cosmonaut group for the ISS program.In October 2002, Fyodor Yurchikhin flew aboard STS-112. In completing his first space flight he has logged a total of 10 days, 19 hours, and 58 minutes in space.Fyodor Yurchikhin is currently serving a six month tour of duty as commander of the Expedition-15 mission to the International Space Station. Expedition-15 launched on April 7 aboard a Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft arriving at the ISS complex on April 9, 2007.SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-112 Atlantis (October 7-18, 2002) launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-112 was an International Space Station assembly mission during which the crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition-5 by delivering and installing the S-One Truss (the third piece of the station's 11-piece Integrated Truss Structure). Three spacewalks were required to outfit and activate the new component. The crew also transferred cargo between the two vehicles and used the shuttle's thruster jets during two maneuvers to raise the station's orbit. STS-112 was the first shuttle mission to use a camera on the External Tank, providing a live view of the launch to flight controllers and NASA TV viewers. The STS-112 mission was accomplished in 170 orbits, traveling 4.5 million miles in 10 days, 19 hours, and 58 minutes.Sources: NASA, Wikipedia, Macedonia on the Web