John Paul Getty II
Sir John Paul Getty II KBE (born September 7, 1932 in Los Angeles , † April 17, 2003 in London ) was a British-American billionaire and philanthropist .
John Paul Getty II was born the third of five sons of oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) and his fourth wife Ann Rork.
After studying in San Francisco , he took over the management of Getty Oil in Rome . After six years he left the company again and made a name for himself with his extravagant party life and drug use.
Getty, a native American whose family made billions in the oil business, donated $ 183 million to charity. For his charitable achievements, he, who was considered the black sheep of the Getty clan and who took British citizenship in 1997, was honored in 1986 with the accolade of British Queen Elizabeth II . His passion for books, which he has been collecting since his youth, he manifested in a library building , the Wormsley Library, right next to his last residence, Wormsley House in Stokenchurch . He was a member of the Roxburghe Club .
After Getty's death in 2003, the J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust was established to manage Getty's estate . Antiques dealer Christopher Gibbs became one of the presidents and was instrumental in Getty donating £ 50 million to London's National Gallery in 1985 .
Marriages and children
In his first marriage (1956-1964) he was married to Gail Harris. There are four children from the marriage.
- John Paul Getty III (1956–2011) ∞ Gisela Zacher (* 1949), née Schmidt
- Aileen Getty (* 1957) ∞ Christopher Wilding (* 1955), son of Elizabeth Taylor
- Mark Getty (* 1960)
- Ariadne Getty (* 1962)
In his second marriage (1966–1971) he was married to the Dutch model Talitha Pol (1940–1971).
- Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone Getty (* 1968)
In their third marriage (1994-2003) Getty was married to the British Victoria Holdworth.
literature
- Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes: Living with books. Book lovers and their libraries , 1996, Gerstenberg, ISBN 3-8067-2808-9 (pp. 45–47)
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| SURNAME | Getty, John Paul II |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Getty, Sir John Paul II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American billionaire and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2003 |
| Place of death | London |