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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Sutton Place, Surrey, England
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J. Paul Getty was an American industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company. At the time of his death in 1976, he was the richest man in America.


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J. Paul Getty was an American industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company. The son of a millionaire, he began contracting oil leases in Oklahoma in 1913. After acquiring several companies, he contracted a lucrative 60-year oil concession in Saudi Arabia. A zealous art collector, he founded the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1953. At the time of his death in 1976, he was the richest man in America.

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