J. Paul Getty (
December 15,
1892 -
June 6,
1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the
Getty Oil[?] Company. Getty was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a family already in the
petroleum business. By some calculations, he was one of the first people in the world with a fortune of over $1 billion
U.S. dollars. He was an avid collector of
art and
antiquities[?], and his collection now forms the basis of the
J. Paul Getty Museum in
California.
He moved to England in the 1950s, where he lived and worked at his 16th-century Tudor estate, Sutton Place near Guildford, until his death.
He is sometimes referred to as Jean Paul Getty, Sr to distinguish him from his son Jean Paul Getty, Jr.
- "How to be Rich", a collection of Getty's essays.