The Russian billionaire purchased for 100 million pounds (4.76 billion rubles) the Greek island of Skorpios , where the wedding of businessman Aristotle Onassis and former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy took place in 1968 and where the Onassis family tomb is located, writes the British newspaper The Independent , citing Greek media on Thursday.

The buyer's name has not been released. Until now, the island belonged to the granddaughter of a Greek shipowner and the only surviving heiress of his empire, Athena Roussel Onassis. It was previously reported that Athena Onassis decided to sell the island after her husband, Brazilian Alvaro de Miranda, was denied citizenship. According to another version, Athena decided to donate her inheritance to charity. After the announcement in 2009 of the desire to sell the island, potential buyers included Roman Abramovich (No. 13 in the ranking of the richest Russians , net worth - $10.2 billion), Bill Gates (No. 2 in the ranking of the richest people on the planet , net worth - $67 billion ) and Madonna.

Skorpios is an elongated island about a kilometer long. It is located in the Ionian Sea west of the coast of Greece. Three residential buildings, a helipad and a yacht pier were built on the island. It costs about €1.5 million a year to maintain the island.

Aristotle Onassis purchased the island in 1962 for 3.5 million drachmas (as of today - less than half a million rubles). Six years later, the billionaire celebrated his wedding here with the widow of US President John Kennedy, Jacqueline. When Onassis died in 1975, his body was buried on Skorpios. His daughter Christina (mother of Athena) and son Alexander are also buried here.

Russian billionaire bought Onassis island in Greece