Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) - a powerful, oil tycoon who was at one
point the richest man in the world, with a private life described
as 'bizarre beyond belief', but what drove him and shaped the man
he was? While there is no shortage of books, documentaries and
online material focusing on the tabloid-filling content, this book
takes a chronological approach, and examines the four key
relationships which shaped his life: parents, business, money,
women and art. Marriage and parenthood served to punctuate that
life. Living in the shadow of his father, who never fully trusted
in Paul's maturity, judgement and moral values, seems to have
driven him to strive for ever more financial success. Getty was
viewed as a skilled, shrewd and talented businessman, but in his
personal life, he left behind him a string of failed marriages and
difficult relationships with many of his children and
grandchildren. The author looks at the difficulties Getty had in
interacting with others on a personal level, and why many have
portrayed Getty as living a solitary, even lonely life, despite
being surrounded by guards, staff, visiting business colleagues and
female companions. Instead he suggests that Getty's fortune was to
serve as the central foundation of his life. His need to create,
defend and expand that fortune - all of which he successfully did -
is key to understanding his life.
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