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
Each [of my wives] was jealous and resentful of my preoccupation with business. Yet none showed any visible aversion to sharing in the proceeds.
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.
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.
People who don't respect money don't have any.
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.
There are no safeguards that can protect the emotional investor from himself.
I buy when other people are selling.
Build wealth as a by product of your business success. If wealth is your only objective in business, you will probably fail.
If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom.
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.
A sense of thrift is essential to success in business. The businessman must discipline himself to practice economy whenever possible, in his personal life as well as his business affairs.