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Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Vows to Turn Skorpios Into a "Greek Island Paradise"

Owner of the former Aristotle Onassis private island of Skorpios at the Ionian Sea, Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev has spoken of his plans for the island in a recent interview. Speaking to a special edition of the Cypriot publication Wealth...

Tycoon, Skorpios Owner Rybolovlev Arrested in Monaco

Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev was arrested on Tuesday morning in Monaco following an order issued by a local prosecutor stemming from corruption charges. Rybolovlev, who lives in Monaco, is the owner of the AS Monaco football club as well as...

Skorpios Island: From Aristotle Onassis to Ekaterina Rybolovleva

Skorpios is the Greek island that hosted some of the most intriguing moments of the global elites during the 20th century. Uninhabited and unknown until the start of the 1960’s, Skorpios lays right next to the island of Lefkas, in...

Aristotle Onassis Still Haunts Skorpios Claims New Owner's Guard

The ghost of Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis is said to be hovering in Skorpios, his former island paradise, 43 years after his death, according to a report. At least two people, a bodyguard and a local fisherman, told Greek media...

Russian Tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev Starts €120Μ Project on Skorpios Island

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev received the "green light" from the Greek State for a multi-million-euro investment project on Skorpios island in the Ionian Sea. The project that will raise the prestige of nearby Lefkada and the rest of the Ionian...

Greek Gov't Gives Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Permit to Revamp Skorpios Island

Greece's Ministry of Economy and Development gave Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev the green light to revamp Skorpios island and turn it into a luxury resort. According to a Proto Thema newspaper report, the project will cost 120 million euros and...

Ekaterina Rybolovleva Weds on Skorpios Island in Private Ceremony

For the second time in its history, the Greek island of Skorpios has served as a wedding location. On Wednesday October 21, 26-year-old Ekaterina Rybolovleva, daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, married 34-year-old Swiss Juan Sartori on Skorpios. According to...

Onassis Brought Life to the Greek Island of Skorpios

By Cliff Blaylock Skorpios or Scorpios is a private island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece and just to the east of the island of Lefkada. The barren island was bought by Aristotle Onassis in 1963. At the...

Ekaterina Rybolovleva's Onassis-style Party in Skorpios (Video)

The Greek island of Skorpios was filled with rich and famous people from all around the world on the occasion of Ekaterina Rybolovleva’s 25'th birthday. Full of joy she stood beside her father in Skorpios celebrating her 25th birthday. The festivities began...

Where Did the Money from Skorpios Island Go?

It has been almost a year since the legendary Skorpios island of Aristotle Onassis passed into the hands of Dmitry Rimpolovlef, as the Greek tycoon’s granddaughter needed cash and decided to sell it. But what did Athina Onassis do with...

Rare Onassis Photos Found on Skorpios

In the closets of the furniture on the private island Skorpios, located in the Ionian Sea that was owned by the late tycoon Aristotle Onassis and was recently sold to the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, 10 rare photographs were...

Rybolovlev Wants Frogmen to Guard Skorpios

Security analysts for Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev, who bought the late Aristotle Onassis' private Greek island, Skorpios, have advised him to use frogmen to prevent underwater access from July to October. The Russian tycoon’s request has not received an answer...

Onassis' Will Clouds Skorpios' Sale

The sale of the late tycoon Aristotle Onassis' private island of Skorpios by his granddaughter Athina to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, who reportedly bought it for his daughter Ekaterina, will be reviewed by the Greek Council of State to...

Russian Buyers Remove Onassis' Skorpios Imprint

A huge operation for the removal by the new Russian owners of what the Onassis family left on the island of Skorpios is underway, with the business tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev and his daughter ordering the removal and disposal of...

Ekaterina Rybolovleva: Skorpios' New Owner

Russian socialite, Ekaterina Rybolovleva, 24, daughter of the billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is the new owner of the private Skorpios island in the Ionian Sea purchased in 1962 by Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onasis. The Russian co-founder of potash producing company...