biography
| name: |
Onassis, Aristotle (Socrates)
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pronunciation:
[ohnasis]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1906–75)
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| biography:
| Millionaire shipowner, born in Smyrna, W Turkey. At 16 he left Smyrna for Greece as a refugee, and from there went to Buenos Aires, where he made a fortune in tobacco and was for a time Greek consul. Buying his first ships (1932–3), he built up one of the world's largest independent fleets, and was a pioneer in the construction of super-tankers. His first marriage, to Athina, daughter of Stavros Livanos, a Greek ship-owner, ended in divorce (1960). He then had a long relationship with Maria Callas, and in 1968 married Jacqueline Kennedy. |
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