J. Paul Getty

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J. Paul Getty was an American industrialist and art collector who became one of the world’s richest men through his oil business and later established the J. Paul Getty Museum and related cultural institutions.


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instanceOf art collector
businessperson
human
industrialist
philanthropist
alias J. Paul Getty Sr.
Jean Paul Getty Sr.
birthDate 1892-12-15
birthPlace Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
burialPlace Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
collectionType European paintings
Greek and Roman antiquities
decorative arts
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1976-06-06
deathPlace Sutton Place, Surrey, England
educatedAt Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED
University of California, Berkeley
University of Southern California
familyName Getty
fieldOfWork oil business
founded Getty Oil Company
J. Paul Getty Museum
fullName Jean Paul Getty
givenName Jean
Paul
industry petroleum industry
knownFor frugality despite immense wealth
legacy Getty Center
Getty Villa
J. Paul Getty Trust
netWorthRanking one of the richest Americans of the 20th century
notableFor building a vast fortune in the oil industry
establishing the Getty Trust
founding the J. Paul Getty Museum
notableWork As I See It (autobiography)
numberOfChildren 5
occupation art collector
industrialist
oil tycoon
parent George Getty
Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher Getty
religion Methodism
residence Los Angeles, California, United States
Sutton Place, Surrey, England
spouse Adolphine Helmle
Allene Ashby
Ann Rork
Jeanette Demont
Louise Dudley Lynch

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Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust
Getty Center
J. Paul Getty Trust
namedAfter
J. Paul Getty ("J. Paul Getty Sr.")
J. Paul Getty ("Jean Paul Getty Sr.")
alias
Gordon Getty ("William Paul Getty")
child
Gordon Getty
father
J. Paul Getty Trust
foundedBy
J. Paul Getty ("Jean Paul Getty")
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