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Basil Zaharoff

1849 - 1936

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Sir Basil Zaharoff, GCB, GBE (born Vasileios Zacharias; Greek: Βασίλειος Zαχαρίας Ζαχάρωφ; October 6, 1849 – November 27, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basil Zaharoff has received more than 753,500 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Basil Zaharoff is the 159th most popular businessperson (down from 124th in 2019), the 485th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Businessperson.

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  • 58.32

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.92

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  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Basil Zaharoff ranks 159 out of 601Before him are John Sculley, Massimo Moratti, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Vincenzo Lancia, Sung Jae-gi, and Eric Schmidt. After him are Melinda Gates, Lady Bird Johnson, Charles Simonyi, Masayoshi Son, Phil Knight, and Karl Albrecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Basil Zaharoff ranks 33Before him are Empress Shōken, Joseph Gallieni, Saionji Kinmochi, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Michael Ancher, and W. T. Stead. After him are Paul Rée, Jean Béraud, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Princess Alice of Parma, Georg Luger, and Hong Tianguifu. Among people deceased in 1936, Basil Zaharoff ranks 54Before him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, Bertha Pappenheim, Duan Qirui, Marcel Grossmann, Max Schreck, and Kikunae Ikeda. After him are Carl Stumpf, Mikhail Tomsky, Edward Bach, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Saitō Makoto, and Alexander Berkman.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Basil Zaharoff ranks 485 out of 1,301Before him are Euthymius the Great (377), Callinus (-680), Oribasius (325), Anna of Savoy (1306), Harpalus (-400), and Halit Ergenç (1970). After him are Markos Vafeiadis (1906), E. M. Antoniadi (1870), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), Joscelin III, Count of Edessa (1135), Şahin Giray (1745), and Emine Erdoğan (1955).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Turkey

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