Aristotle Socrates Onassis (/oʊˈnæsɪs/, US also /-ˈnɑː-/;[1] Greek: Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, romanized: Aristotélis Onásis, pronounced[aristoˈtelisoˈnasis]; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975)[2] was a Greek and Argentine[3][4] business magnate. He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men.[5] He was married to Athina Mary Livanos, had a long-standing affair with opera singer Maria Callas, and was married to American former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.[6]
Onassis was born in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire and fled the city with his family to Greece in 1922 in the wake of the burning of Smyrna. He moved to Argentina in 1923 and established himself as a tobacco trader and later a shipping owner during the Second World War. Moving to Monaco, Onassis fought Prince Rainier III for economic control of the country through his ownership of SBM and its Monte Carlo Casino. In the mid-1950s, he sought to secure an oil shipping arrangement with Saudi Arabia and engaged in whaling expeditions. In the 1960s, Onassis attempted to establish a large investment contract—Project Omega—with the Greek military junta, and he sold Olympic Airways, which he had founded in 1957. He was greatly affected by the death of his son, Alexander in 1973 and died two years later.
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son of the Greek shipping magnate AristotleOnassis and his first wife Tina Livanos. He and his sister Christina Onassis were upset by his father's marriage...
daughter of AristotleOnassis and Athina Mary Livanos. Christina Onassis, the only daughter of the Greek shipping magnate AristotleOnassis and his first...
due to sentiments towards her marriage to AristotleOnassis. Historians' overall opinions towards Onassis as a whole appear to have become more favorable...
shipping magnate AristotleOnassis, and the only child of Aristotle's daughter Christina Onassis. She makes rare public appearances. Onassis was born at American...
husbands were: AristotleOnassis (28 December 1946 – 1960); with him she had two children, Alexander Onassis (1948–1973) and Christina Onassis (1950–1988)...
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nearly barren island by AristotleOnassis. There are some sandy beaches, most notably East Beach, which was created by Onassis, who brought sand from Salamis...
He and AristotleOnassis were great shipping rivals. In 1952, high-capacity oil supertankers were built for the competing Niarchos and Onassis fleets...
Onassis may refer to: AristotleOnassis (1906–1975), a Greek shipping magnate Alexander Onassis (1948–1973), son of AristotleOnassis Christina Onassis...
private motor yacht that once belonged to billionaire Greek shipowner AristotleOnassis. At 99.13 metres long, she was the 59th largest yacht in the world...
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Callas-Tebaldi rivalry, and her love affair with Greek shipping tycoon AristotleOnassis. Although her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed...
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count and befriending such international celebrities as Maria Callas, AristotleOnassis and Jackie Kennedy. Martinelli made over 50 film appearances between...
done on the late shipping magnate billionaire AristotleOnassis, and of Callas, the TV movie Callas e Onassis is the only television or movie depiction ever...
years after the death of Jacqueline Onassis' second husband AristotleOnassis. In 1988, Tempelsman moved into Onassis's Fifth Avenue penthouse apartment...
group of companies formerly owned by Athina Onassis, the granddaughter of shipping magnate AristotleOnassis. Amongst the assets of this group of companies...
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