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J. Paul Getty

1892 - 1976

J. Paul Getty

Jean Paul Getty Sr. (; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty. In 1957, Fortune magazine named J. Paul Getty the wealthiest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records declared him to be the world's wealthiest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion (approximately $8.6 billion in 2023). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. Paul Getty is the 70th most popular businessperson (down from 44th in 2019), the 743rd most popular biography from United States (down from 436th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Businessperson.

J. Paul Getty was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Getty Oil Company, and his fortune was initially derived from the development of the East Texas oil fields. With his wealth, he became one of the world's wealthiest individuals. He established the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, to house his art collection and other artifacts.

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Among businesspeople, J. Paul Getty ranks 70 out of 847. Before him are Boris Berezovsky, Soichiro Honda, Giovanni Agnelli, Otto Frank, Robert Bosch, and Dietrich Mateschitz. After him are Martin Cooper, Jakob Fugger, Sergei Diaghilev, Rupert Murdoch, Henri Nestlé, and Richard Branson.

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Boris Berezovsky
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HPI: 72.25
Rank: 64
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HPI: 72.20
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Otto Frank
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Robert Bosch
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HPI: 71.84
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Dietrich Mateschitz
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HPI: 71.79
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J. Paul Getty
1892 - 1976
HPI: 71.77
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HPI: 71.69
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, J. Paul Getty ranks 34. Before him are Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, Erwin Panofsky, Darius Milhaud, Corneille Heymans, and Arthur Friedenreich. After him are Marina Tsvetaeva, Shirō Ishii, Ernst Lubitsch, Robert Ritter von Greim, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and Bruno Schulz. Among people deceased in 1976, J. Paul Getty ranks 26. Before him are Henrik Dam, Jacques Monod, Benjamin Britten, Lars Onsager, Joachim Peiper, and Ulrike Meinhof. After him are Gustav Heinemann, Raymond Queneau, Alexander Calder, Anneliese Michel, Zhu De, and Rudolf Bultmann.

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Stefan Banach
MATHEMATICIAN
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 28
Gregor Strasser
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1934
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 29
Erwin Panofsky
HISTORIAN
1892 - 1968
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 30
Darius Milhaud
COMPOSER
1892 - 1974
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 31
Corneille Heymans
PHYSICIAN
1892 - 1968
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 32
Arthur Friedenreich
SOCCER PLAYER
1892 - 1969
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 33
J. Paul Getty
BUSINESSPERSON
1892 - 1976
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 34
Marina Tsvetaeva
WRITER
1892 - 1941
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 35
Shirō Ishii
PHYSICIAN
1892 - 1959
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 36
Ernst Lubitsch
FILM DIRECTOR
1892 - 1947
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 37
Robert Ritter von Greim
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1945
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 38
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1980
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 39
Bruno Schulz
WRITER
1892 - 1942
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 40