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
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.''
People who don't respect money don't have any.
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing.
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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.
The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep
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.