In 1957, Fortune magazine named J. Paul Getty the wealthiest living American, [2] while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records declared him to be the world's wealthiest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion (approximately $8.6 billion in 2023). [3] .

2017年12月22日 · It was only after Scarpa learned that J. Paul Getty was the richest man in the world at the time—worth approximately $2 billion—and still refused to pay his grandson’s ransom of $17 million that...

J. Paul Getty (born December 15, 1892, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.—died June 6, 1976, Sutton Place, Surrey, England) was an American oil billionaire reputed to be the richest man in the world at the time of his death. He owned a controlling interest in the Getty Oil Company and in nearly 200 other concerns.

George Getty (1855–1930) was a lawyer who became an independent oilman in 1904. He was married with one son, a daughter having died in infancy in a typhoid epidemic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He lent his son Jean Paul money to invest in oil wells and in 1916, George and Jean Paul incorporated the Getty Oil Company. The family members include: [2]

2015年7月1日 · Wildcatter J. Paul Getty became the richest man in the world after consolidating his empire in the U.S. and then striking an impressive oil deal with Saudi Arabia in the 1960s and 70s. Known as a...

Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people. The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each...

5 天之前 · George Getty may have been right about his son’s capacity to sink the company, but luck was on J. Paul’s side. In 1949, the businessman paid almost $10 million in cash to Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, for drilling rights to a plot of land where oil had never been found.

2017年12月4日 · Christopher Plummer steps in to replace Spacey in the lead role of J.Paul Getty, the American billionaire who famously refused to pay $17m (£12.5m) for the release of his kidnapped teenage...

Blog post about J. Paul Getty as businessman, collector, and philanthropist.

In the 37th annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires, the list included 2,640 billionaires with a total net wealth of $12.2 trillion, down 28 members and $500 billion from 2022. Over half of the list is less wealthy compared to the previous year, including Elon Musk, who fell …