Gordon Getty

Gordon Getty

Gordon Peter Getty is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist and classical music composer. He is the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. In 1983, Forbes magazine ranked him the richest person in America with a net worth a little over USD 2 billion.

About Gordon Getty in brief

Summary Gordon GettyGordon Peter Getty is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist and classical music composer. He is the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty’s US$2 billion trust. In 1983, Forbes magazine ranked him the richest person in America with a net worth a little over USD 2 billion.

In 2002, Getty founded ReFlow, a company which temporarily purchases shares in mutual funds to save funds taxes and commissions. Getty’s life as a composer was chronicled in Peter Rosen’s documentary Gordon Getty: There Will be Music which premiered on February 5, 2016, at Cinema Village in New York City.