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George Franklin Getty (October 17, 1855 – May 31, 1930) was an American lawyer, pioneer oilman, father of industrialist J. Paul Getty, and patriarch of the Getty family. [1] Life and career [ edit ]
- Businessman
- J. Paul Getty
- Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher
- Getty Oil
Mar 25, 2018 · The series opens by depicting the 1973 death of Getty’s eldest son, George—a tragedy that was forgotten by the public months later, when George’s nephew Paul was the victim of a kidnapping ...
Dec 14, 2020 · Learn about the tragic real-life story of the Getty family, one of the wealthiest and most dysfunctional clans in history. Find out how George Getty, the son of oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty, ended his life in a bizarre and tragic way.
- Jeff Somers
George Getty (1855–1930) was a lawyer who became an independent oilman in 1904. He was married with one son, a daughter having died in infancy in a typhoid epidemic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He lent his son Jean Paul money to invest in oil wells and in 1916, George and Jean Paul incorporated the Getty Oil Company, later to become Getty Oil.
- United States
- John Getty
- 18th century
- Ireland
Jan 16, 2023 · The family fortune began in 1903, when a couple of flinty, frugal Minnesotans named George and Sarah Getty struck oil in Oklahoma. The trade was so profitable that their son, J. Paul Getty, became ...
- Evan Osnos
Mar 22, 2018 · The FX miniseries, premiering Sunday, joins December’s ‘All the Money in the World’ in reliving the 1973 abduction of J. Paul Getty III in Italy. But how much of the story is fact?
Dec 25, 2017 · The Kidnapping. In real life, 16-year-old Paul Getty had become somewhat of a fringe celebrity while living in Rome, thanks to his last name. The teenager—who had dropped out of formal schooling ...
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