j. paul getty

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Definition of j. paul getty in English English dictionary

a US businessman who owned an oil company and became one of the richest men in the world. He built the Getty Museumin Malibu, California, which has a large collection of valuable paintings and other types of art, and a second Getty Museum has also been built in Los Angeles (1892-1976)

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J Paul Getty

born Dec. 15, 1892, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S. died June 6, 1976, Sutton Place, Surrey, Eng. U.S. oil billionaire, reputed to be the richest man in the world at his death. The son of an oil millionaire, he began buying and selling oil leases in Oklahoma in 1913. He acquired Pacific Western Oil Corp. in 1932 and soon gained control of several independent oil companies. He renamed his oil concern Getty Oil Co. in 1956. His most lucrative venture was a 60-year oil concession in Saudi Arabia. His financial empire eventually encompassed some 200 enterprises. A zealous art collector, he founded the J. Paul Getty Museum near Malibu, Calif., in 1953

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j. Paul Get·ty

Turkish pronunciation

cey pôl geti

Pronunciation

/ˈʤā ˈpôl ˈgetē/ /ˈʤeɪ ˈpɔːl ˈɡɛtiː/