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
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure,
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.
The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
I am - and have always been - a Methodist.
I can afford to say what I wish.
...The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavour. The beauty endures. A work of art lives...through the generations and centuries...
In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.