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Onassis was born at American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, to Christina Onassis (1950–1988) and her fourth husband, Thierry Roussel, [4] a French pharmaceutical heir. [5] She was baptized on the island of Skorpios, owned by the Onassis family at the time. [3] Her parents were married from 1984 to 1987. [5]
Upon Alexander's death, Aristotle Onassis began grooming his daughter to take over the family business. She was sent to New York City to work in his office. After Aristotle's death, she inherited 55% of his fortune, then estimated to be worth $500 million.
Aristotle Socrates Onassis was born in 1906 in Karataş, a suburb of the Ottoman port city of Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey) in Anatolia to Greek parents Socrates Onassis and Penelope Dologlou. Aristotle had one sister, Artemis, and two half-sisters, Kalliroi and Merope, by his father's second marriage following Penelope's death (1912).
Kennedy believed that Onassis' money and power could provide her family protection. Her first husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963, followed by her brother-in-law, Robert ...
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After her divorce from Aristotle Onassis, she resumed using her maiden name, Livanos, until her marriage to Spencer-Churchill. Her son with Onassis, Alexander Onassis, died at the age of 24 on 23 January 1973, as a result of injuries sustained during an airplane crash in Athens.
Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos, then Onassis’ personal secretary, recalls arranging the secret meeting
Thierry Roussel (born 16 February 1953) is a French businessman. He was the fourth husband of Christina Onassis, daughter of well-noted Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, and the only man with whom she had a child, daughter Athina Onassis Roussel.