Gordon Getty & family
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Getty Oil
- Industry
- Energy
- Residence
- San Francisco, California
- Organization
- President and Chairman at Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
- Education
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
- Marital Status
- Widowed
- Children
- 7
Biography
Gordon Getty, whose oil tycoon father J. Paul died in 1976, led the sale of his family's Getty Oil to Texaco for $10.1 billion in 1984.
Once the sole trustee of the family trust, Getty orchestrated the breakup into six separate trusts in 1985.
Getty is a classical music composer, whose compositions include the Canterville Ghost, Plump Jack and Usher House.
Since 2008, Getty has given more than $450 million to his philanthropic foundation, which supports performing arts, music and museum projects.
He founded PlumpJack Winery in 1995 with Gavin Newsom, now California's governor.
About
An opera and wine aficionado, Getty is a partner in Odette Estate winery in Napa Valley.
The Getty family faced many tragedies: The wife of Gordon's brother J. Paul Jr. died of a heroin overdose and 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 late wife Ann, and three daughters with Cynthia Beck.