Aristotle Onassis
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| Born |
Aristotle Socrates Onassis 15 January 1906 Karataş, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now Karataş, Izmir, Turkey) |
| Died | 15 March 1975 (aged 69) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Resting place | Skorpios Island, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek Argentine |
| Education | Evangelical School of Smyrna |
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| Spouse(s) |
Athina Livanos (m. 1946; div. 1960) Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (m. 1968; his death 1975) |
| Partner(s) | Maria Callas (1957–1968) |
| Children |
with Livanos; Alexander Onassis Christina Onassis with Bouvier Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy (stepdaughter) John F. Kennedy Jr. (stepson) |
| Parent(s) | Socrates Onassis Penelope Dologu |
| Relatives | Artemis Onassis Garoufalidis (sister) Athina Onassis (granddaughter) |
Aristotle Socrates Onassis (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, Aristotelis Onasis; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975), commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a Greek-Argentine shipping magnate, who amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was known for his business success, his great wealth and also his personal life, including his marriage to Athina Mary Livanos, daughter of shipping tycoon Stavros G. Livanos, his affair with famous opera singer Maria Callas and his marriage in 1968 to Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of late American President John F. Kennedy.
Onassis was born in Smyrna and fled the city with his family to Greece in 1922 in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War. 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 rivaled Prince Rainer III for economic control of the country through his ownership of SBM and in the mid 1950s 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 sold Olympic Airways which he had founded in 1957. Onassis was greatly affected by the death of his 24-year-old son, Alexander, in a plane crash in 1973, and died two years later.
Onassis was born in Karataş, a suburb of the port city of Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey) in Anatolia to Socrates and Penelope Dologu. Onassis had one full-sister, Artemis, and two half-sisters, Kalliroi and Merope, by his father's second marriage following Penelope's death. Onassis became a successful shipping entrepreneur and was able to send his children to prestigious schools. When Aristotle Onassis graduated from the local Evangelical Greek School at the age of 16, he spoke four languages: Greek (his native language), Turkish, Spanish, and English.
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