It is heavily forested from south to north and features over 200 varieties of trees imported to the once nearly barren island by Aristotle Onassis.

[1] Skorpios is primarily known as the private island of the late Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis.

[3] In April 2013, Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the 24-year-old daughter of Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev bought through her trust from Athina Onassis a group of companies for $153 million.

[7] Beginning in October 2018 and with a completion date of 2020, Rybolovleva began developing a 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) luxury resort on Skorpios for a total investment estimated at €184 million.

[9] Specifically, Onassis stated in his will that the island would remain in the family as long as they could afford to cover its maintenance expenses.