J. Paul Getty Quotes

Jean Paul Getty , known widely as J. Paul Getty, was an American-born British petrol-industrialist, and the patriarch of the Getty family. He founded the Getty Oil Company, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion . At his death, he was worth more than $6 billion . A book published in 1996 ranked him as the 67th richest American who ever lived, based on his wealth as a percentage of the concurrent gross national product.Despite his vast wealth, Getty was infamously frugal, notably negotiating his grandson's Italian kidnapping ransom in 1973. Getty was an avid collector of art and antiquities. His collection formed the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, and more than $661 million of his estate was left to the museum after his death. He established the J. Paul Getty Trust in 1953. The trust is the world's wealthiest art institution, and operates the J. Paul Getty Museum Complexes: The Getty Center, The Getty Villa and the Getty Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Conservation Institute. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. December 1892 – 6. June 1977
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Famous J. Paul Getty Quotes

“If you owe the bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.”

As quoted in The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing (2003) by Pat Dorsey & ‎Joe Mansueto, p. 234
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“My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.”

J. Paul Getty cited in: Alison Branagan (2009) Making Sense of Business: A No-Nonsense Guide to Business Skills. p. 136

“If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.”

As quoted by Robert Lenzner in his book, The Great Getty (1985)

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