Talk:J. Paul Getty

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Hey, Chadloder, your edit seems to have disappeared from the history. Could you restore it? -- Zoe

Birth and death dates: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1215.html Carax 03:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Company Purchases during Great Depression Possibly Wrong

The wiki article says, "Shrewdly investing his resources during the Great Depression, Getty acquired Pacific Western Oil Corporation, and he began the acquisition (completed in 1953) of the Mission Corporation, which included Tidewater Oil and Skelly Oil. In 1967 the billionaire merged these holdings into Getty Oil."

However, in Getty's book, How to be Rich, he states that his buying campaign started directly against Tide Water Associated Oil Company in March 1932 with a purchase of 1,200 stock. By 1933 he was on the board and control was completed in 1953 (as above).

The control of Mission Corporation was gained during his campaign for Tide Water in 1937, which was before control was gained of Tide Water and, crucially, prior to World War II. Mission Corp. owned 57% of Skelly Oil, which in turn had a subsidiary called Spartan Aircraft Corporation. It's this company that Getty transformed for the US war effort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.95.83 (talk) 21:50, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Caught or not?

ON the kidnapped grandson's page it says that the kidnappers were never found. Which is it?--85.225.43.96 17:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also that he only paid $2million, not the full $17m. -- Beardo 12:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Getty Ethnicity

Why isn't Getty's ethnicity recorded here as ethnicity is so often listed on biographical Wikipages?

More detail..

For this to have been one of the richest men in the world at the time, there isn't more information or detail that can be added into this article? It's remarkably short, and doesn't mention how or where he died. Chairman Sharif 23:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help

I found this all over the internet, but in the comments section, there is no evedence to back this up, could someone please do some reserch becaus i dont have the time to confirm the allagations, here is the comment: MACDONALD BANK is filing a $22,000,000,000 J. Paul Getty war crimes lawsuit in Washington against Getty Oil Company shareholders; based on Getty’s support for Hitler. J. Paul Getty; FBI File 100.1202, June 26, 1940, Espionage.

2003 documents declassified by UK Warfare Ministry reveal that in Oct. 1941 the pro-Nazi Jean Paul Getty employed and lodged Nazis at his Pierre Hotel in New York City; Nazis who were involved in spying on and sabotaging Allied Forces’ war production plants.

43,000 people were killed in the UK while J. Paul Getty was in Berlin still shipping oil to Hitler five months before Pearl Harbor … December 7, 1941.

J.P. Getty was investing in German government bonds. Jean Paul Getty’s mother; Catherine Risher was German. As aristocrats with treasures of art were executed -- beginning in 1933 -- with the outbreak of war; Getty assiduously added to his vast collection with the Nazis.

If someone can confirm this that would be really helpfull. thanks. 173.75.234.3 (talk) 15:18, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]