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Basil Zaharoff

1849 - 1936

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Sir Basil Zaharoff (born Zacharias Basileios Zacharoff; 6 October 1849 – 27 November 1936) was a Greek arms dealer and industrialist. One of the richest men in the world during his lifetime, Zaharoff was described as both a "merchant of death" and a "mystery man of Europe". His success was forged through his cunning, often aggressive and sharp, business tactics. These included the sale of arms to opposing sides in conflicts, sometimes delivering fake or faulty machinery and skilfully using the press to attack business rivals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Basil Zaharoff is the 171st most popular businessperson (down from 150th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 499th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Basil Zaharoff ranks 171 out of 847. Before him are Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Ethan Allen, Chandrashekhar Agashe, Yingluck Shinawatra, Johann Friedrich Böttger, and Madam C. J. Walker. After him are Josep Maria Bartomeu, Owen D. Young, Phil Knight, Karl Albrecht, Bernard Baruch, and Alisher Usmanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Basil Zaharoff ranks 28. Before him are John Ambrose Fleming, Max Nordau, Ellen Key, Armand Peugeot, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime. After him are Vera Zasulich, Lord Randolph Churchill, Paul Rée, Joseph Gallieni, Eugène Carrière, and Wilhelm Voigt. Among people deceased in 1936, Basil Zaharoff ranks 58. Before him are Anna Boch, Marcel Grossmann, Kikunae Ikeda, Gyula Gömbös, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime. After him are Carl Stumpf, Alexander Berkman, Henri de Régnier, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Billy Mitchell, and Sophie, Princess of Albania.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Basil Zaharoff ranks 522 out of 1,347. Before him are Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1845), Ajda Pekkan (1946), Şah Sultan (1544), Nicholas Mystikos (852), Ivaylo of Bulgaria (1281), and Prusias I of Bithynia (-300). After him are Adamantios Korais (1748), Yousuf Karsh (1908), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Ziya Gökalp (1876), Anna Porphyrogenita (963), and Bohemond VII of Antioch (1261).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Türkiye

Among businesspeople born in Türkiye, Basil Zaharoff ranks 3. Before him are Aristotle Onassis (1906), and Calouste Gulbenkian (1869). After him are Dieter Zetsche (1953), Uğur Şahin (1965), Salt Bae (1983), Güler Sabancı (1955), Acun Ilıcalı (1969), Selçuk Bayraktar (1979), and Fikret Orman (1967).

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