Jean Paul Getty

Jean Paul Getty (J. Paul Getty) – American industrialist, one of the first-ever dollar-billionaire, founder of the Getty Museum. In the Getty empire includes the largest company Getty Oil Company and over 200 corporations.

Born Dec. 15, 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States domestic oil tycoon Irishman George Franklin Getty, the daughter of Scottish immigrants Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher, who were already in a respectable age, and moreover, for two years before had lost his only daughter, Gertrude. After Oxford in 1913, Jean Paul began trading oil in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, and in 1916 he earned first own a million dollars. In the same year, his company moved to California.

In 1920, Jean Paul Getty bought up several oil companies have become the foundation of his financial empire. In 1949 he bought an oil concession in Saudi Arabia, which in 1950 began to yield billions in profits. In 1957, Jean Paul Getty was declared the richest man on earth. It is a title he retained until his death. In 1968, the Getty was a billionaire.

By the nature of Jean Paul Getty was a very eccentric and self-willed man. He was married five times, with each of the sons of these marriages had stood quite difficult relationship. After World War II Getty moved to England in Sutton Place in Surrey. His house was surrounded by a fortified wall and guarded by an army of security officers and twenty dogs, specially tamed for the protection of people. June 6, 1976 Jean Paul Getty, oil magnate and collector died at the age of 83 years.

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