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George Franklin Getty (October 17, 1855 – May 31, 1930) was an American lawyer, pioneer oilman, father of industrialist J. Paul Getty, and patriarch of the Getty family. [1] Life and career [ edit]
Mar 25, 2018 · The House of Getty alleges that J. Paul Getty refused to accept the L.A. County coroner’s ruling that George’s death was “probably suicide”—a perceived mar on his legacy—and that the ...
Dec 14, 2020 · Jean Paul Getty's oldest son, George Franklin Getty II, was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Getty Oil Company in 1967.
George Getty (1855–1930) was a lawyer who became an independent oilman in 1904. He was married with one son, a daughter having died in infancy in a typhoid epidemic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He lent his son Jean Paul money to invest in oil wells and in 1916, George and Jean Paul incorporated the Getty Oil Company, later to become Getty Oil .
Jul 11, 2014 · The Gettys got their start in the oil business in 1903, when Jean Paul’s father George Franklin, formerly a lawyer, moved to Oklahoma. Becoming a wealthy businessman himself, he financed his son...
Jun 7, 1973 · George Franklin Getty 2d was the grandson and name sake of the Minneapolis lawyer who started the family's oil business in 1903, when he founded the Minnehoma Oil Company,...
The House of Getty alleges that J. Paul Getty refused to accept the L.A. County coroner’s ruling that George’s death was “probably suicide”—a perceived mar on his legacy—and that the patriarch hired an outside party to conduct another investigation. Paid by J. Paul Getty, the party concluded that George’s death had been an accident.
Dec 25, 2017 · In real life, 16-year-old Paul Getty had become somewhat of a fringe celebrity while living in Rome, thanks to his last name. The teenager—who had dropped out of formal schooling, dressed in...
Jan 16, 2023 · The family fortune began in 1903, when a couple of flinty, frugal Minnesotans named George and Sarah Getty struck oil in Oklahoma.
May 5, 2014 · General George Getty's division seizes the important Brock Road and Orange Plank Road intersection during the Battle of the Wilderness.
