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
Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
I would rather receive one percent of the income of 100 men, than 100% of the income of one man.
The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.
A man can fail, but he isn't a failure until he blames someone else.
I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.
My father said: ''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.''
Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.
There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.
I've never been one to bet on the weather.