George Franklin Getty (b. Maryland, 17 October 1855-d. 1930) was an American lawyer and father of industrialist J. Paul Getty. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Jean Paul Getty ( December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company

In 1884, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where he specialised in insurance and corporate law and made a good living in what was the "flour capital" of America. In 1890 his only child, a daughter, died in a typhoid epidemic that hit the city. In 1892, the Gettys had another child, a son, Jean Paul Getty (later known as J. Paul Getty). Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Jean Paul Getty ( December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company

In 1904 the Gettys moved, from Minnesota to Oklahoma, where George began a career as an independent oilman. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Within two years, he had amassed a fortune from his Minnehoma Oil Company and moved his family to Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In 1913, George lent his son Jean Paul (now aged 21) money to invest in oil wells. By 1915 Jean Paul had made his first million and the following year George and Jean Paul incorporated the Getty Oil Company, an early version of Getty Oil that was to come. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Getty Oil is an oil company founded by J Paul Getty. It was at its height during the 1960s George never did approve of Jean Paul's lifestyle, perhaps this is why he did not leave the company in the sole control of his son. George F. Getty died in 1930. He left his estate, valued at $10,000,000-$15,000,000, to his wife Sarah in the form of the controlling interest in the family firm; "George F. Getty, Inc. ", although Jean Paul became President of the firm.