J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty
Jean Paul Getty KBEwas an American industrialist. He founded the Getty Oil Company, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion. At his death, he was worth more than $2 billion. A book published in 1996 ranked him as the 67th richest American who ever lived, based on his wealth as a percentage of the gross national...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 December 1892
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.
Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.
My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.
My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
How does one measure the success of a museum?
I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.
A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
I am - and have always been - a Methodist.