Onassis family biography sampler

          "To be honest, the only things I knew about her were that she came from a wealthy family, was married to JFK, and was considered a fashion icon.!

          This biography explores her time in the White House, her influence on culture and fashion, and her life after Camelot.

        1. Written by an expert in history and finance, this book takes the focus to Greece and brings a complete view of the Onassis family, one of the most famous and.
        2. "To be honest, the only things I knew about her were that she came from a wealthy family, was married to JFK, and was considered a fashion icon.
        3. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was, for much of her life, the most famous woman in the world.
        4. The informed reader, who wishes to delve deeper into the history of the Onassis Foundation and, inevitably, into the past of Greek shipping, must bear one.

          5. Aristotle Onassis

          Greek and Argentine business magnate (1906–1975)

          Aristotle Socrates Onassis (, ;[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 to Greek parents 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 economi