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
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
How does one measure the success of a museum?
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.
I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put.
The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
I've never been one to bet on the weather.
Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
Money isn't everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.