Gordon Getty
San Francisco, California
Bachelor of Arts/Science, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
United States
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
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Getty Oil
$2,100,000,000
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#1116 Billionaires 2019
#383 Forbes 400 2018
Gordon Getty led the sale of his family's Getty Oil to Texaco for $10.1 billion in 1984, after his oil tycoon father J. Paul Getty died in 1976. Once the sole trustee of the family trust, Getty orchestrated the breakup into six separate trusts in 1985.In 2015, Gordon's son Andrew Getty died in his Beverly Hills mansion at age 47, reportedly due to medical issues and an unhealthy lifestyle.Gordon Getty is a classical music composer, whose compositions include the Canterville Ghost, Plump Jack, and Usher House.Since 2008, Getty has given more than $100 million to his philanthropic foundation, which supports performing arts, music and museum projects.
An opera and wine aficionado, Getty is a partner in Odette Estate winery in Napa Valley. The Getty family faced numerous tragedies: The wife of Gordon's brother J. Paul Jr. died of a heroin overdose; J. Paul Jr.'s son was kidnapped by Italian gangsters. Getty has publicly acknowledged the fact that he has two families: four sons with his wife Ann, and three daughters with Cynthia Beck.
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