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Aristotle Onassis

Also Known As Aristotle Socrates Onassis
Maritime and Shipping Figures

Greek shipping magnate who amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet in the mid-twentieth century, pioneering the construction of supertankers for bulk oil transport and becoming one of the wealthiest and most prominent figures in international shipping. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1906 1
Death Year
1975 1
Nationality
Greek 1
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Preceded By

A.P. Moller, Figures

A.P. Moller founded the shipping company that became the Maersk fleet in 1904. Onassis established his first shipping trading company in Buenos Aires after gaining Argentine citizenship in 1929, and went on to build a fleet of freighters and tankers that eventually exceeded seventy vessels, decades after Moller's founding.

Source Wikipedia: Aristotle Onassis
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1. Wikipedia: Aristotle Onassis
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  • Introduction
    He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men.
  • Lead section (full name)
    Aristotle Socrates Onassis (
  • Preceded By: A.P. Moller
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