EXCLUSIVE: Get me to the Greek! Obama and daughters set to attend $33K a head private soirée on Manhattan's upper east side to benefit Democrats hosted by billionaire shipping magnate
- President Obama and his daughters are headed to the Big Apple townhouse of shipping magnate George Logothetis and his wife Nitzia
- He was tapped by Obama to join the board of My Brother's Keeper, an initiative launched to help young black men stay on track
- Logothetis heads the Libra Group which runs hotels - including the Grace Santorini - and leases planes and helicopters
President Barack Obama's motorcade will bring Manhattan to a standstill tonight as he heads to the uptown home of a British shipping magnate for a $33,400-a-head fundraiser.
Obama and some 30 Democratic faithful will head to the luxury east side brownstone of 40-year-old George Logothetis and his wife Nitzia for the meet-and-greet that will boost Democratic Party funds by a cool million dollars Daily Mail Online has learned.
Logothetis, who comes from a wealthy Greek family, is a strong supporter of Obama's attempts to reform the nation's immigration rules to allow a path to citizenship for those who entered the country illegally.
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Glam Greeks: George Logothetis and his glamorous wife Nitzia, a psychotherapist who also comes from a Greek shipping family, are regulars on the Democratic fundraising circuit. The hosted a fundraiser in upstate New York for Obama last year
Mr Logothetis (center) and his wife Nitzia (right) were seen on Friday night outside of their luxury brownstone
Ms Logothetis and her husband will host President Obama and 30 others at the $33,400-a-head fundraiser
A tent was erected by event staff before the fundraiser that will significantly boost Democratic Party funds
Secret Service members and security officials stood outside the home before President Obama's arrival
Secret Service and others stand outside the Carbone restaurant while President Obama had an Italian dinner
President Obama's motorcade was in the West Village after he was spotted near Houston Street and Sixth Ave
President Obama walks with his daughter Sasha, 14, on their way to board Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House bound for a fun weekend in the Big Apple. His 17-year-old Malia, who is interning in Brooklyn on the set of HBO's girls for the summer
Party hearty: Obama will spend the weekend with his two daughters Malia and Sasha. They team is expected to be at the fundraiser tonight and see Saturday's matinee performance of the hit hip-hop musical Hamilton at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theater
Obama and daughter Sasha (R), along with two of Sasha's friends, boarded Air Force One to travel to NYC
President Obama departed Air Force One with daughter Sasha (left) and puts his arm around her (right)
Marine One passed over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York while carrying President Obama and his daughter
A large police presence was on hand for President Obama while he visited the posh uptown townhouse
After Obama left the fundraiser (seen above) the president headed downtown for an upscale dinner
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