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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 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. He would legally alter his name with the Italian authorities to John Paul in 1958.
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 Zacher in 1974. Anna Getty (born 1972), is the daughter of Gisela Zacher and the adopted daughter of John Paul Getty III. [5] Balthazar Getty (born 1975, as Paul Balthazar Getty), American ...
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 ...
The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution, with an estimated endowment of US$7.7 billion in 2020. [4] Based in Los Angeles, California, it operates the J. Paul Getty Museum, which has two locations—the Getty Center in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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]
J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), wealthy American industrialist and founder of Getty Oil; Talitha Getty (born Talitha Dina Pol, 1940–1971), Paul Getty, II's second wife; Gordon Getty (born 1933), son of J. Paul Getty; Ann Getty (1941–2020), wife of Gordon Getty; Paul Getty (1932–2003), son of J. Paul Getty, born Eugene Paul Getty and later ...
John Paul Getty may refer to: J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), American businessman; Sir John Paul Getty Jr. (1932–2003), American-born philanthropist and book collector;