Aristotelis Socrates Onassis
Statue of Onassis at Nydri, Lefkada.
Born	January 20, 1900(1900-01-20) Smyrna
Died	March 15, 1975 (aged 75) Neuilly-sur-Seine
Occupation	Shipping magnate
Spouse	Athina Livanos (1946-1960) Jacqueline Kennedy (1968-1975)
Children	Alexandros and Christina

Aristotelis Sokratis (also Ari) Onassis (in Greek, Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης) (January 20, 1900 – March 15, 1975) was the most famous shipping magnate of the 20th century. [1] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1728 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... Nydri, also Nidri (Greek, Modern: , Katharevoussa: -on), older forms: Nydrio, Nydrion, Nidrio and Nidrion is a town located in the eastern part of the island of Lefkada, Greece. ... Lefkada, or Lefkas (Greek: Modern: Λευκάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -as) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge, as well as the islands capital city. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Agora of Smyrna Smyrna (Greek: Σμύρνη) is an ancient city (today Ä°zmir in Turkey) that was founded at a very early period at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département in France. ... Athina (Tina) Mary Livanos (1926 - 10 October 1974) was the daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Livanos. ... First official White House portrait. ... Alexander S. Onassis (born April 20, 1948 – died January 23, 1973) was the only son of Aristotle Onassis and Athina Livanos (alternate spelling: Livanou), also known as Tina. ... Christina Onassis (Χριστίνα Ωνάση) (December 11, 1950 – November 19, 1988) was the daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis and Athina Livanos. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For a wealthy or powerful Polish or Hungarian nobleman, see Magnate. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

Life

Onassis was born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now İzmir, Turkey) to a middle-class Greek family. At the time of his birth, Smyrna had a very significant and prosperous Greek population. After being briefly occupied by Greece (1919-1922) in the aftermath of the allied victory in World War I, the city was re-captured by Turkey; the Onassis family holdings were lost, causing them to move to Greece as refugees. In 1923, Aristotle Onassis left his country to go to Argentina with allegedly only $63. After difficult beginnings, he revived there the family's tobacco business.^[1] In 1925, he received Argentinian and Greek citizenships. After engaging in many different entrepreneurial activities with determination and passion for success, he finally managed to become a world-class businessman making his first million by the age of 25 ^[2], owning commercial ships, tankers and whalers. In 1954, the FBI investigated Onassis for fraud against the U.S. government. He was charged with violating the citizenship provision of the shipping laws which require that all ships displaying the US flag be owned by US citizens. Onassis entered a guilty plea and paid $7 million. He founded Olympic Airways (today Olympic Airlines), the Greek national carrier, in 1957. Agora of Smyrna Smyrna (Greek: Σμύρνη) is an ancient city (today Ä°zmir in Turkey) that was founded at a very early period at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. ... For other uses, see Ottoman (disambiguation). ... Ä°zmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the countrys largest port after Ä°stanbul. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country in southern South America, situated between the Atlantic Ocean in the east. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... This article describes the government of the United States. ... Olympic Airlines (Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές - OA) is the state-run flag carrier of Greece, employing about 1850 people. ...

Marriage and family

Onassis married Athina Livanos, daughter of shipping magnate Stavros Livanos, on December 28, 1946; their son, Alexander (April 30, 1948 – January 23, 1973), and daughter Christina (December 11, 1950 – November 19, 1988), were both born in New York City. After their divorce, Athina married her late sister's widower (and Onassis's arch shipping rival) Stavros Niarchos. Athina (Tina) Mary Livanos (1926 - 10 October 1974) was the daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Livanos. ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexander Onassis (20 April 1948-23 January 1973) was the only son of Aristotle Onassis and Athina Livanos (alternate spelling: Livanou), also known as Tina. ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Christina Onassis (Χριστίνα Ωνάση) (December 11, 1950 – November 19, 1988) was the daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis and Athina Livanos. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Onassis financed the construction of the Olympic Tower in New York.

Despite the fact they were both married, Onassis and opera diva Maria Callas embarked on a notorious affair. According to Greek Fire: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis by Nicholas Gage, Callas gave birth to their child, a boy, who died hours later on March 30, 1960. Onassis ended his relationship with Callas to marry Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, on October 20, 1968. It was said that Kennedy insisted on marriage rather than an affair so as to avoid upsetting her children. That Callas was really the love of his life is suggested by the short lived happiness he experienced with Kennedy (he tried to end the marriage early but was unable to without committing an egregious offense, according to Greek law at the time), and by the many times he tried to see Callas while married to Kennedy. He flew to Paris to see Callas after the death of his son Alexander in an airplane crash. Callas responded, "If only our son had lived," referring to the child they are believed to have had together in 1960 ^[3]. Onassis never recovered from the death of his son. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2112 × 2816 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2112 × 2816 pixel, file size: 2. ... Stade Olympique (English: Olympic Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Montreal. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Maria Callas in a casual moment, 1960s Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American born, Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ... Nicholas Gage (born Nikola Gatzoyiannis July 23, 1939 in the village of Lia in Epirus, Greece) is a Greek American author and investigative journalist. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Jacqueline Bouvier” redirects here. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Death

Onassis died at age 75, on March 15, 1975 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, of bronchial pneumonia, a complication of the myasthenia gravis that he had been suffering from during the last years of his life. According to his will, his daughter, Christina inherited 55% of the Onassis fortune while the other 45% was used as funds for the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation set up to honor his son Alexander Onassis. This 45% was the share that his son Alexander would have inherited, had he not died in 1973. However, Jackie Kennedy received her share of the estate settling for a reported $10,000,000 dollars ($26 million according to other sources) which was negotiated by her former brother in law Teddy Kennedy (this amount would later grow to several hundred million under the financial stewardship of her companion Maurice Tempelsman). Christina's share has since passed to her only child Athina, making her one of the wealthiest women in the world. Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département in France. ... This article is about human pneumonia. ... Myasthenia gravis (sometimes abbreviated MG; from the Greek myastheneia, lit. ... The Alexander S. Onassis Foundation is simultaneously a charitable organization and a multibillion-dollar empire. ... Maurice Tempelsman (born August 26, 1929) is an American diamond merchant and industrialist of Belgian Jewish extraction. ... Athina Helene de Miranda[1] [2] (née Athina Roussel, born January 29, 1985) is a competitive show jumper who is the only surviving descendant of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. ...

See also

• Greek shipping
• Skorpios - his private island
• Christina O - his famous yacht
• John Paul Papanicolaou - he purchased his yacht Christina O

Shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks. ... Skorpios is an island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece. ... The Christina O in her previous life as HMCS Stormont. ... John Paul Papanicolaou is a Greek businessman active in the shipping industry. ...

References

External links

• The Life of Aristotle Onassis
• Christina O Photo of Onassis' famous yacht
• The Onassis Foundation