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
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.
A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure,
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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.
There is only one way to make a great deal of money; and that is in a business of your own.
In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
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.
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.
There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.