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He founded the largest private merchant fleet in the world, he owns the most luxurious private yacht in the world, he owns minerals on three continents, he runs several shipyards and more than 65,438+000 companies ... He is Aristotle Sokratis onassis, a well-deserved Greek ship king. His name is synonymous with Greek shipping; How much his property is is always a mystery that people guess; He also married Jacqueline, the widow of the former president of the United States, and created a new Greek myth.

Drift to Argentina

Onassis was born in Izmir near the Aegean Sea on 1906. When born, the heaven is full and the facial features are correct. His parents think that he has a high face and will definitely have a promising future. So when he named it, he adopted the names of Aristotle and Socrates, two famous philosophers in ancient Greece, hoping that his son would have the wisdom of philosophers when he grew up and become famous in the world one day.

Izmir is a natural deep-water port where tobacco, wool, fruits and carpets are exported every day. Onassis's parents are engaged in tobacco business, and their business is very successful. This family lives a very rich life. Onassis has been carefree from childhood to adolescence. He loves the sea by nature, plays by the sea every day, and has formed a deep affection with the sea. Sometimes, he goes to sea with his parents on business, and often likes to stand on the deck alone, staring at the sea and letting his thoughts fly. The vast sea has created onassis's brooding and solitude-loving character, and also endowed him with precocity and profundity.

Due to a good family environment, onassis received a good education since childhood, and his academic performance has been good from primary school to middle school. 1922, when he graduated from middle school and his parents were going to send him to Germany for university, the Turks occupied Izmir. Immediately, the onassis family was arrested and imprisoned. As onassis was still young, he was soon released from prison. He returned home, took the money his father locked in the safe, boarded an American destroyer and went to Lisbon, Portugal on business alone. Although he is a beginner in business, onassis, who was influenced by business since childhood, soon made a lot of money. With this money, he bailed his family out of prison through various parties. He was only 16 years old that year.

After his release from prison, onassis's family could no longer stay in Izmir. They flocked to Greece with the tide of refugees from Asia Minor and came to Piraeus, Greece. However, at that time, more than 1.5 million refugees flooded into Greece, and the onassis family had no friends in Greece and could not find a job, so they soon fell into a situation of hunger and cold. In order to survive, onassis had to bid farewell to his parents and sisters in tears, and prepared to cross the ocean and go to America, then known as the "golden continent", to find a chance of success.

Onassis, penniless, came to the Aegean Sea with the tide of refugees. Fortunately, he found a job on a junk boat bound for Argentina, with a daily salary of only 23 cents, but it was already a very attractive job for a tramp. And onassis also hopes to broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge through this job, waiting for one day to go to the American continent full of hopes and dreams. When the cargo ship sailed to Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, onassis was immediately attracted by this bustling metropolis. As soon as the ship landed, he left the cargo ship with his simple bags and hard-earned money of 1500 francs.

In this strange land, Greek expatriates warmly received onassis, a fugitive from his hometown, and helped him find a job as a welder in the local telephone company. The telephone company implements piece-rate wages. In order to get more pay, onassis works 16 hours a day, and sometimes even works overtime all night. In order to save money, he shared a bed with others, and they took turns sleeping. After a period of hard work and life, onassis has accumulated a considerable sum of money. He is determined to use the money to invest in business and vowed to become a world-famous entrepreneur.

Starting with the tobacco industry

In the process of choosing investment industry, perhaps family environment and genetic factors have played a role. Onassis chose the tobacco industry. At that time, the tobacco industry in South America was controlled by several big bosses with deep pockets. It is difficult to break into this market, but onassis found a breakthrough by comparing several kinds of tobacco when smoking. He found that tobacco in South America and Argentina is very strong, not as soft as that in Greece. Onassis and many Greeks are not used to smoking local cigarettes, so they often ask people to buy cigarettes from Greece. Onassis, with a keen eye, saw the hope of success from here, and positioned his business scope as a monopoly on Greek cigarettes.

Due to lack of funds, onassis can only set up a handmade cigarette workshop at home and buy Greek tobacco leaves to produce cigarettes himself. Because it is marketable, customers are eager for it. At first, the Greeks told each other that there was no need to ask people to buy cigarettes in Greece. Later, many locals also thought that soft Greek tobacco tasted better than strong tobacco, so smoking Greek tobacco became a fashion in Argentina. Onassis seized this business opportunity and immediately borrowed money to buy a cigarette making machine to produce Greek cigarettes in large quantities. In less than two years, he earned nearly 6,543,800 pesos.

Although the profits are rich, onassis, who grew up in a family of tobacco merchants, knows that it is impossible to really make big money by private small workshops. Only by engaging in tobacco trade and tobacco transportation can he really get rich. Onassis, with little capital, took risks and started the tobacco smuggling business, which is the easiest to get rich. Soon, he made a lot of money, and his property exceeded $654.38 million+10,000, and he gained a firm foothold in Buenos Aires.

After accumulating some capital, onassis began to engage in formal trade activities. He rented a ship, loaded it with wool, leather and grain produced in Argentina, and shipped it to Greece, where his father sold it, and then returned to Argentina with Greek tobacco. After several round trips of merchant ships, onassis soon earned 300,000 dollars and became a conspicuous figure among Argentine Greek expatriates.

From 65438 to 0930, onassis has become the largest importer of Greek products and the largest provider of national foreign exchange. In view of his growing influence in Argentina, the Greek government appointed him as the Greek Consul General in Buenos Aires. In this way, onassis, as a successful businessman, also became a diplomat, and had the opportunity to meet more people in political circles and other circles, as well as the ships he loved since he was a child. He is often attracted by huge transport ships and has been reluctant to leave for a long time. That year, he was only 24 years old, but he was already a veritable millionaire.

The rise of "opportunity shipowner"

During the period of 1929, the economic crisis that swept the world mercilessly devastated the whole world, and the trade between countries was paralyzed, and the loss of maritime trade was more serious. Many big ships have not only lost their position, but also become a heavy burden for shipowners. In this crisis, onassis, which has just emerged in the business world, is also facing extinction. However, in the face of disaster, he didn't panic. On the contrary, with superhuman foresight and keen insight, he seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and took decisive action. He believes that if you buy a lot of cheap goods when prices plummet now, you can sell them at a high price of several times or even dozens of times when the economy is booming again. He decided to bet all his property on the paralyzed maritime transport industry, and he firmly believed that once the economy recovered, maritime transport would inevitably become an extremely prosperous industry.

One day, onassis learned that the Canadian National Railway Company was going to auction six cargo ships, the original price was $2 million, and now each ship only sells for $20,000, and no one cares. Onassis immediately made a decisive move and bought all six cargo ships at the price of $654.38 million+200,000 pounds. Many people think that onassis has lost his mind, but he is unwavering and firmly believes that his decision is correct. Soon, World War II broke out. War requires a large number of merchant ships and cargo ships to transport munitions and daily necessities, which provides magical opportunities for those who own ships. In a blink of an eye, six cargo ships in onassis immediately turned into six lucrative mobile gold mines, which brought great wealth to their owners. People have to admire onassis's foresight and call him "the boat owner of opportunity". By the end of World War II, this "opportunity shipowner" had firmly entered the ranks of the giants with "sea control rights" in Greece.

1943, onassis moved its headquarters to new york, hoping to achieve greater development in the American continent. His dream came true step by step: more and more wealth and bigger fleet. However, success also led to jealousy, and someone stabbed him in the back. 195 1 1 year, onassis was suddenly arrested by the police and charged with "cheating the US government and evading taxes". Onassis can't stand such framing and humiliation. After he was released on bail at the cost of $6.5438+0 million, he hired a lawyer to file a lawsuit with the US government. However, it is certainly difficult to win against the government. Under pressure from all sides, onassis had to agree to a fine of $7.5 million to avoid dismissal. It promises to customize oil tankers in American shipyards in the future and fly the American flag on these ships.

This lawsuit made onassis angry with the Americans, but he decided to take revenge in another way, that is, to earn more money from the Americans, to be the overlord of the sea, and to scare American competitors. At this time, he has been keenly aware that after the Second World War, the world economy will have a historic development period, and the economies of various countries will be rapidly revived and rebuilt. The great development of economy will inevitably stimulate the demand for oil and other energy sources, and the sharp increase in oil consumption will inevitably lead to a sharp increase in tanker freight. Therefore, onassis immediately drew a large sum of money from his merchant fleet to build an oil tanker, making full preparations for the coming oil war.

The Greek god of war who broke into Mecca

1953 in the summer, onassis and his wife Tina took a private luxury yacht to Jeddah port, the Islamic holy land of Mecca, and he broke into here with the grand goal of marching into oil.

At that time, the rich oil resources in Arabia have attracted the attention of the whole world, and the American Aramco has signed a contract with the Saudi king to monopolize the exploitation of Arab oil. The news that onassis came to Mecca immediately attracted the attention of world public opinion, and many people wanted to see how onassis would deal with Aramco, which has oil monopoly.

Onassis did go to Mecca for May to a great extent, because he always remembered his humiliation and wanted to get justice from the Americans. He had a long talk with the aged King of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Abdullah respectively. He found that in the contract signed by Aramco, although it was stated that Aramco had the monopoly right to exploit oil, it would ship oil to all parts of the world for sale by tankers, it did not stipulate that Saudi Arabia could not transport oil by its own tankers. Onassis is taking advantage of this, hoping to persuade the Saudi king to transport oil with the tanker he provided them. However, just as the old king hesitated, he died suddenly and Crown Prince Abdullah Aziz succeeded to the throne. Onassis seized the young king's independence and national pride, lobbied repeatedly, and finally signed the Jeddah Agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 19541October 20th. Agreement: (1) Set up "Saudi Arabian Oil Tanker Shipping Co., Ltd."; (2) The company will have an oil fleet with a gross tonnage of 550,000 tons, all of which will fly the Arab flag; (3) The company will have the monopoly right to transport the oil extracted from Saudi Arabian oil fields; (4) The shareholders of the company are the King of Saudi Arabia and onassis; (5) onassis promised to establish a maritime academy and train 50 officers for the Saudi Arabian merchant fleet every year.

The Jeddah agreement angered Americans, and the powerful Aramco immediately set out to fight back. At the same time, Iraqi oil companies, BP, Iranian oil companies, as well as Pegasus, Esso, Texaco, Shell and other major oil companies also joined forces to besiege onassis. What's more, American shipowners joined forces with other Greek shipowners to besiege onassis. A Greek shipowner named spiro Kapodis also published a sensational news in the newspaper, claiming to be a witness to the Jeddah Agreement, exposing onassis's fraudulent signing of the Agreement by bribing sheikhs with huge sums of money and forging texts. Therefore, the United States used this news to make a fuss and put pressure on the young king of Saudi Arabia, threatening that if the Jeddah agreement was not cancelled, the United States would impose sanctions such as maritime blockade and food embargo on Saudi Arabia and stop all assistance to Saudi Arabia.

Faced with such great pressure, onassis didn't even have a chance to clarify the facts, so he was defeated by the joint attack from all directions. In this attack, he lost about $654.38 billion, but he became famous and became the focus of world attention. After the "Jeddah Storm", onassis's career was invincible, and people have renamed him "Greek God of War". He is driving an advancing chariot, always observing the world with keen eyes, waiting for the opportunity to launch an impact on new goals.

Marriage and Family of "Romantic Boat King"

Onassis's marriage and family life, like his brilliant achievements in his career, have always been the focus of world public opinion.

His first marriage took place in 1943, when he was 37 years old. One night in autumn this year, onassis visited the home of Greek shipowner Stafford Livanos, and fell in love with his beautiful second daughter Tina at first sight, and they soon fell in love. 1947, onassis and Tina held a grand wedding in new york East Asia Church. After onassis married Tina, she not only became richer economically, but also gained a right-hand man in her career. Tina, with her outstanding manners and talents, worked among many princes, nobles, senior officials and businessmen, helping onassis to enter the upper class in Europe.

However, when onassis met the famous Greek singer maria callas at a cocktail party in 1957, he gradually had bad blood with Tina. Tina rarely appeared on Christina, a luxury yacht named after their daughter, and was replaced by singer Caras. 1958, several special guests came aboard the "Christina" anchored in Monaco port. They are Winston Churchill, a famous figure in World War II, American Senator John Kennedy and his beautiful wife Jacqueline. He and Jacqueline hit it off, and the future president's wife left a deep and beautiful impression on the world's most luxurious private yacht.

1962, Mr. and Mrs. onassis invited Mr. and Mrs. Carras and some other famous people to cruise the Mediterranean and Greek islands on the "Christina". After the voyage, the two couples divorced separately. When onassis and Callas were about to get married, a great event happened: on June1963165438+10/2, the youngest president in American history, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. After learning the bad news, onassis flew from new york to Washington the next morning. After that, he often visited and comforted Jacqueline, who was in great pain, which moved Kennedy's widow very much. As time went on, onassis began to accompany Jacqueline in and out of society. 1965, Jacqueline moved out of the White House and planned to marry onassis for a period of time.

Onassis, on the other hand, enjoyed the warmth of two women in new york and Monte Carlo for several years, so he was nicknamed "Romantic Boat King". However, it seems that he is still hesitating about which woman to marry. At this time, his old rival, another big Greek shipowner, Alhos objectively helped him make a decision.

Niarchos and onassis are equally outstanding, and both sides are evenly matched. When onassis married Tina, the second daughter of the largest Greek shipowner at that time, which greatly increased the strength of his fleet, Niarchos was unwilling to lag behind, and immediately pursued Tina's sister Ou Yeni and succeeded, thus becoming onassis's brother-in-law and getting the support of his father-in-law. Since then, the two have been trying to overwhelm each other in many things, such as building oil tankers, building fleets and decorating private yachts.

While onassis was undecided about the choice of a second marriage, it was reported that Niarchos married the daughter of Ford, the world's largest car king, and thus became a news star in the world's upper class. Onassis immediately responded that he would not find a Greek singer to compete with Ford's daughter, but he was determined to create a new Greek myth.

1968101On October 20th, onassis and Jacqueline, the widow of former US President John F. Kennedy, held a wedding in Scobis Island. The explosive news shocked the whole world. The former first lady of the United States became the wife of a foreign businessman, which not only greatly swept the face of Americans, but also greatly satisfied onassis's competitiveness and revenge.

1973 65438+ 10, onassis's only son, Alexander, crashed in a private jet, and onassis suffered a heavy blow. 1974, he finally fell ill in depression and depression. 1975 in March, a generation of ship king died in a hospital in Paris. Onassis left 400 ships with a gross tonnage of 7 million tons and countless industries on land, which were inherited by his widow and only daughter Christina.

Onassis has gone, but his name has almost become synonymous with Greek shipping, and his brilliant achievements will remain in the history of world shipping forever.