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Jean Paul Getty Sr. (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t i /; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American-born British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. [1]
John Paul Getty III (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t i /; born Eugene Paul Getty II; November 4, 1956 – February 5, 2011) [1] was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnapped by the 'Ndrangheta and held for a $17 million ransom. His grandfather was reluctant to pay ...
John Paul Jr. was born on board ship in the waters near Genoa, Italy, on 7 September 1932, while his parents Ann and J. Paul Getty were travelling.His birth was registered at La Spezia with the name Eugenio Paul Getty, when the Italian notary misheard the name John.
John Paul Getty III, 1973 Bettmann/Getty Around 3 a.m. on July 10, Paul was walking home from a late night out, when a car pulled up next to him near the Piazza Farnazi. “Excuse me, signore.
Sir Paul Getty and Abigail Harris married in 1956 and divorced in 1964. In 1966, Sir Paul married his second wife, Talitha Pol, who died 1971. He then married Victoria Holdsworth in 1994. [4] John Paul Getty III (1956–2011), born Eugene Paul Getty Jr., was a son of Sir Paul Getty with Abigail Harris. John Paul Getty III married Gisela Martine ...
The J. Paul Getty Museum's priceless collection of artwork, which includes paintings by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet and Degas, once again found itself in the path of destruction as the Palisades ...
The Getty Villa reopened to the public in 2006 after an eight-year, $275 million renovation and houses the J. Paul Getty Museum's extensive classical antiquities collection of Greek, Roman and ...
A Getty roadside gasoline station in Cheshire, Connecticut (2011) J. Paul Getty incorporated Getty Oil in 1942. [1] He had previously worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma along with his father George Getty. When George died, he left J. Paul with $500,000 and a projection that he would destroy the family business. [1]