Gordon Peter Getty was born on December 20, 1934. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. Jean Paul Getty ( December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company When his father died in 1976, control of his US$2 billion trust was transferred to Gordon. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
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Biography
Getty was raised in San Francisco, California, attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory, and earned a B. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city This article is about the high school in San Francisco California. A. in music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. San Francisco Conservatory of Music, founded in 1917 is a Music school, with an enrollment of about 350 students He married Ann Gilbert in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Christmas Day, 1964. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally The wedding was witnessed by William Newsom, Gordon's longtime friend, and father of Gavin Newsom. William Alfred Newsom III (born February 15, 1934) is a retired state appeals court judge administrator of the Getty family trust and the father of San Francisco Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10 1967 is the current mayor of San Francisco.
He joined the oil business to please his father; however, he eventually sold the family's Getty Oil to Texaco in 1986 for US$10 billion. Getty Oil is an oil company founded by J Paul Getty. It was at its height during the 1960s Texaco is the name of an American oil retail brand Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron" His current net worth is cited as US$2. 2 billion, making him the 116th richest person in the United States. Getty helped finance Gavin Newsom's PlumpJack Group businesses, including five restaurants, a Napa Valley winery, a Squaw Valley hotel and resort, and two retail clothing stores. Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10 1967 is the current mayor of San Francisco. Napa Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Napa County, California, USA. PlumpJack Winery is a boutique Winery in Oakville, California specializing in ultra-premium Cabernet Sauvignon. Of Newsom’s eleven enterprises, Gordon Getty was the lead investor in ten.
Getty is one of the nation's leading venture capitalists and philanthropists. In 2002, he donated US$3 million to the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, a charitable trust. Though a Republican, he is a major fundraiser for local and national Democratic Party candidates, and has contributed to the campaigns of Nancy Pelosi, Willie Brown, Gavin Newsom, and John Kerry. Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26 1940 is the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Willie Lewis Brown Jr (born March 20, 1934) served over thirty years in the California State Assembly, fifteen years as its Speaker and afterwards Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10 1967 is the current mayor of San Francisco. } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator
Among a number of professions, Getty is a classical music composer, whose compositions include the opera Plump Jack, Joan and the Bells, and a collection of choral works. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Aspiring to become an opera singer, Getty studied in the mid-1970s with Louise Caselotti, a mezzo soprano who had been Maria Callas' voice teacher (1946-47). Louise Caselotti (August 23 1910-July 13 1999 was an American mezzo soprano or contralto He and his wife have supported the fine arts, especially underwriting productions of the San Francisco Opera. San Francisco Opera (SFO is the second largest Opera company in North America. [1]
Personal Life Controversy
Gordon Getty has admitted to a 14 year affair with a Los Angeles woman Cynthia Beck. He has also admitted that he sired three illegitimate children with Ms. Beck. In 1999, Cynthia Beck sued for her children to be part of Gordon Getty's inheritance. [2]
References
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle
- ^ Stacy Finz; Jaxon Van Derbeken. "Getty's Secret Double Life", The San Francisco Chronicle, 21 August 1999. Retrieved on 2007-09-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius
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