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Christina Onassis (Greek: Χριστίνα Ωνάση) (December 11, 1950 – November 19, 1988) was a shipping magnate ^[1] and daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis and Athina Livanos.

Early life

Born in New York City, her parents had a stormy marriage, filled with many affairs and arguments, finally divorcing. At the age of seventeen, she had plastic surgery to shrink her nose and remove the dark rings under her eyes. She was educated in London at Queen's College, London.

In 1968, her father married Jacqueline Kennedy, whom Onassis loathed, considering her a gold-digger only interested in her family's money.

Onassis lost her entire immediate family within a period of 24 months. Her brother Alexander died in a plane crash in 1973 and her mother committed suicide shortly thereafter. Her father's health had started to deteriorate after Alexander's death and he died in 1975. Alexander was the focus of her father's attention as his successor until his death, after which her father considered her his successor and began training her in the business operations of the Onassis business empire. She became very involved in the business operations of the Onassis shipping empire and successfully ran the business after her father's death.

Personal life

Onassis was married four times, all ending in divorces. Her first three husbands were Joseph Bolker, Alexandros Andreadis and Sergei Kauzov. Her final marriage to Thierry Roussel produced her only child, daughter Athina Roussel. This marriage ended in divorce as well.

Death

Christina Onassis died at the age 37 of pulmonary edema at a country club near Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Genealogy

See also

• Christina O - the Onassis family yacht, named after Christina by her father

References

External links

• Christina Onassis at Find a Grave