Daumantas Vrykolakas III

(22 November 1925) was a Belgian banker, thoroughbred race horse breeder, and a member of the prominent Vrykolakas family.

Early life
Daumantas Vrykolakas was born on 22 November 1925. He was the only son and of Daumantas Vrykolakas II (1908–1979) and Charlotte Croissene (1911–1884) and was said to be the spitting image of his namesake (Daumantas Vrykolakas III.) He was educated at King's College School then went on to Trinity College, Cambridge.

Banking career
He entered Vrykolakas & Kraujo in Luxembourg, the family banking business. On the death of his uncle Baron Krukowski  in 1944, he became head of the family's banking business in London and took over most of his uncle's public offices. He also inherited Zembocki House in Vilnius, Lithuania.

the Red Branch
In 1947 Daumantas founded the Red Branch Foundation, a reinvention of a defunct family legacy (Šaknisa Kraujo Medis) with a new focus on western marketing. The Red Branch was (and is) a financial speculation firm with extremely exclusive patronage. In 1993 the Red Branch relocated it's headquarters back to it's native Lithuania, following that country's independence from the U.S.S.R. in 1990.

Thoroughbred breeding
An avid sportsman, he established Northcourt Stud in Ąžuolynas, Kaunas. He assembled a stable of some of the best thoroughbreds in Europe, his horses winning a number of prestigious races including the Epsom Derby, St. Leger Stakesand and the 2,000 Guineas. In the Epsom Derby of 1909 and 1919, his own horses got the cup.