THE ONASSIS DYNASTY
“A Greek Tragedy”

Aristotle Onassis (1906 -1975) was one of the Twentieth Century’s wealthiest and most famous men and is widely credited for having invented the “super tanker.”  Coming from a poor background, he attributed his success to always using other people’s funds and to being tanned before entering negotiations. He eventually controlled the Principality of Monaco where he kept the world’s first mega yacht, the 325-foot Christina.

Onassis had two wives. His first marriage to the glamorous Athena “Tina” Livanos, consolidated her father’s shipping empire with Onassis’ burgeoning fleet. Tina bore two children, Alexander (1948-1973) and Christina (1950 – 1988), both childhood friends of René’s. In 1968 “The Golden Greek”, as Ari was known, married then-widowed Jacqueline Kennedy on his private island Skorpios. This marriage always overshadowed by Onassis’ long-term mistress, the world-famous opera star, Maria Callas, known as “La Divina. “

Onassis died at the American Hospital of Paris, which René was running at the time. René will bring the audience many personal anecdotes about Ari, Alexander and Cristina’s tragic lives and their untimely deaths, in what can only be described the most heart-breaking Greek tragedy.