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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 ]
Mar 25, 2018 · Rumors about George’s mysterious death abounded, one of which was that “a woman guest had picked up a barbecue fork and run it deliberately into George Getty’s chest.”
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 .
The Gettys got their start in the oil business in 1903, when Jean Paul’s father George Franklin, formerly a lawyer, moved to Oklahoma. Becoming a wealthy businessman himself, he financed his son...
Jan 16, 2023 · The Getty Family’s Trust Issues. Heirs to an iconic fortune sought out a wealth manager who would assuage their progressive consciences. Now their dispute is exposing dynastic secrets. By Evan...
- Evan Osnos
Dec 25, 2017 · 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, dressed in...
The House of Getty alleges that J. Paul Getty refused to accept the L.A. County coroner’s ruling that George’s death was “probably suicide”—a perceived mar on his legacy—and that the patriarch hired an outside party to conduct another investigation.
