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Europe · 5 posts
Onassis (Part 5 of 5), Capital: The Charter as Collateral
How a bank loan backed by an oil company's charter paid for supertankers.
Onassis (Part 4 of 5), M&A: Taking Control of Monte Carlo, and Losing It
How Onassis took control of the Monte Carlo casino company, and how he lost it.
Onassis (Part 3 of 5), Strategy: Buying at the Bottom, Then Betting on Bigger Tankers
Six freighters for $20,000 each, then supertankers: buying low, building ahead.
Onassis (Part 2 of 5), Accounting: Cost per Ton, Bigger Ships, Smaller Crews, Offshore Structures
Why bigger ships, smaller crews, and offshore structures cut his cost per ton.
Onassis (Part 1 of 5), History: From a Burning Smyrna to a Night Switchboard in Buenos Aires
The first post in a new series on Aristotle Onassis: how a sixteen-year-old refugee started over in Argentina.