A rich childhood. (Society).
For her 18th birthday this year, Athina Roussel Athina Helene de Miranda[1] [2] (née Athina Onassis Roussel, born January 29, 1985) is a competitive show jumper who is the only surviving descendant of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. got more than cake. She inherited a fortune estimated at up to $1 billion, making her perhaps the world's richest teen. By contrast, the entire economic output of the African nation of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (sēĕr`ə lēō`nē, lēōn`; sēr`ə lēōn), officially Republic of Sierra Leone, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,018,000), 27,699 sq mi (71,740 sq km), W Africa. in 2001 was about $2.7 billion. Raised in Switzerland, Roussel is the granddaughter of the late Aristotle Onassis Aristotelis Sokratis (also Ari) Onassis (in Greek, Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης) (January 15, 1906 – March 15, 1975) was the most famous shipping magnate of the 20th century. , a Greek shipping Shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks. It is the second largest contributor to the Greek economy after tourism and forms the backbone of world shipping. As of 2001, Greek run companies controlled about 20% of the world's fleet. tycoon. Her riches are said to include cash, gold, art treasures, and the Greek island of Skorpios. Roussel still has a way to go to catch Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, the world's richest person, worth about $40 billion.
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