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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 ...
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 ...
In September 1957, the American oil baron J. Paul Getty traveled to Italy to visit his son Paul’s family. Earlier in the year, his youngest son, Timmy, had died from a brain tumor at the age of ...
Gordon P. Getty, 88, is J. Paul Getty's fourth son and heir. Though he originally entered the oil business himself, he preferred to make his career as a classical music composer.
The series opens by depicting the 1973 death of Getty’s eldest son, George—a tragedy that was forgotten by the public months later, when George’s nephew Paul was the victim of a kidnapping ...
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.
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]