The winners of the Onassis Prizes 2023

The Onassis Prizes are awarded every three years to distinguished personalities and organizations of international prestige in the fields of Finance, International Trade, and Shipping—the very same fields in which Aristotle Onassis himself excelled. Established in 1978 by Aristotle Onassis's hand-written will, the Onassis Prizes have a proud history strengthened by decades of passion, thought, and rigour. The Prizes – which each feature a $200,000 grant – are awarded in the aforementioned sectors as they are the areas in which Aristotle himself achieved international renown during his lifetime.

Judged by a panel of esteemed academics from around the world – which includes two Nobel Laureates – the Prizes are jointly awarded every three years by the Onassis Foundation and Bayes Business School, City, University of London and it’s Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance. The Onassis Prizes recognise outstanding individuals and organisations across the fields of Finance, International Trade, and Shipping. They aim to advance understanding and research in these fields with a view to combatting the most pressing challenges we continue to encounter as a society.

The President of the Onassis Foundation and Chair of the Onassis Prizes, Anthony Papadimitriou, judging panel said: “I would like to profoundly congratulate the winners of this year's Onassis Prizes. These Prizes are a celebration of the visionaries who continue to shape and transform our world for the better through their hard work and pursuit of excellence. Our laureates this year truly embody this philosophy. We are proud to be working with Bayes Business School once again to recognise our laureates and honour their groundbreaking academic contributions to the spheres of Finance, International Trade and Shipping. Now more so than ever, it’s essential we focus on the importance of education and academia in order to combat the world’s most acute challenges.”

The Onassis Prizes 2023 will be awarded to all laureates at The Guildhall in London on Tuesday 7th November. The event will welcome 350 guests from over 20 countries.

The panel of judges

Anthony S Papadimitriou, President of the Onassis Foundation

Professor George M Constantinides, Leo Melamed Professor of Finance, University of Chicago

Professor Costas Th Grammenos CBE, LRF Professor in Shipping, Trade and Finance, Bayes Business School, City, University of London

Professor Gene M Grossman, Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics, Princeton University

Professor Elhanan Helpman, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University

Professor Robert C Merton (1997 Nobel Laureate), School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor Myron S Scholes (1997 Nobel Laureate), Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Professor Eddy Van de Voorde, Professor of Port and Maritime Economics, Emeritus, University of Antwerp