Gedvydas Vainauskas

Gedvydas Vainauskas (born November 7, 1955) is a Lithuanian journalist, publishing company Lietuvos rytas Chief Editor, shareholder, founder and former BC Lietuvos rytas president.

Gedvydas Vainauskas
Born (1955-11-07) November 7, 1955
Utena, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLithuanian
Alma materVilnius University
Spouse(s)Bronė Vainauskienė (divorced in 2013);
Liuminata Vainauskienė (married in 2014)
ChildrenJonas Vainauskas

Biography

Vainauskas graduated Kaunas 4th High School. Following it, he gained a journalism degree in Vilnius University in 1979.

Vainauskas is the largest shares holder of Lietuvos rytas (25,5 % in 2009), founder and former president of BC Lietuvos rytas for 20 years from 1997 to 2017.[1] He resigned from the basketball club president post after international racism scandal in 2017.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Personal life

Vainauskas has a son Jonas Vainauskas with his first wife Bronė Vainauskienė. They have divorced in 2013.[9] In 2014, he married his second wife Liuminata Mickutė during wedding ceremony which was held in Venice, Italy.[10]

Decorations
gollark: Well, yes, probably.
gollark: As far as I can tell, basically every website supports HTTPS nowadays, but DNS over HTTPS is still rare partly because of governments and ISPs being annoying about it.
gollark: I mean generally. Look at DNS. They didn't even have DNS over HTTPS or DNSSEC until fairly recently, and they're still not widely used.
gollark: Yeeees, it's weird how people didn't seem to even consider security and privacy in lots of computer things until seemingly recently.
gollark: ```2: enp0s31f6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 8c:0f:6f:79:3c:11 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.3/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp0s31f6 valid_lft 76132sec preferred_lft 76132sec inet6 2a00:23c7:5415:d300:8152:48aa:288d:30ee/64 scope global dynamic noprefixroute valid_lft 315359952sec preferred_lft 315359952sec inet6 fdaa:bbcc:ddee:0:8809:32c8:2206:c1f1/64 scope global noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::c1c0:d8c0:f52e:773f/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever```

References
  1. ""Lietuvos ryto" akcininkai pritarė akcijų pardavimui "Snorui"". DELFI.lt. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  2. Ward-Henninger, Colin (15 June 2017). "Lithuanian pro basketball team president blames team's struggles on black players". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. "G. Vainausko pareiškimas apie juodaodžius žaidėjus sukėlė tikrą audrą". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. "ESPN žurnalistai sumaišė G. Vainauską su žemėmis ir išvadino idiotu". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  5. "Eurolygos drausmės komisija pradėjo tyrimą dėl Vainausko pasisakymo". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. "R. Šimašius kirto G. Vainauskui dėl rasizmo". DELFI.lt. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. "Gedvydas Vainauskas oficialiai atsistatydina iš "Lietuvos ryto" klubo prezidento pareigų". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  8. "Per visą pasaulį nuskambėjusiam G.Vainauskui – pasmerkimas net iš NBA žvaigždžių". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  9. ""Lietuvos ryto" vyr.redaktoriaus G.Vainausko žmona prašo ją išskirti dėl sutuoktinio kaltės". DELFI.lt. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  10. "Venecijoje Gedvydas Vainauskas vedė 29-eriais metais jaunesnę Liuminatą Mickutę". 15min.lt. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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