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
The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself. When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.
Money isn't everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.
You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.
Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.
There is only one way to make a great deal of money; and that is in a business of your own.
A man can fail, but he isn't a failure until he blames someone else.
The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure,
In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.
The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.