J Paul Getty Iii Young

The grandson of billionaire oil tycoon j.

J paul getty iii young. Getty s two other children are mark cofounder and executive chairman of getty. Paul getty iii who was a grandson of the oil baron once believed to be the richest man in the world and who achieved tragic notoriety in 1973 when he was kidnapped by italian. Raised in rome while his father worked for the italian division of the company getty iii was kicked out of a number of english boarding schools once for painting the hallway of his school in a stunt inspired by news reports of the manson family. However the family suspected a ploy by the rebellious teenager to extract money from his miserly grandfather.

The story of the kidnapping was also adapted into the 2018 television series trust produced by simon beaufoy and danny boyle with harris dickinson as john paul getty iii. In the film j. From a young age john paul getty iii was something of an embarrassment for the family. John paul getty iii died at the weekend after a prolonged illness surrounded by the getty clan at his mansion in buckinghamshire.

Browse 497 john paul getty iii stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. His brother gave him a job pumping gas at a tidewater gas station in marin county. The following year he approached his brother gordon vice president of the getty subsidiary tidewater petroleum asking for a job. A daughter aileen became infected with aids.

Winning the trust of j. In rome on july 10 1973 ndrangheta kidnappers abducted getty s 16 year old grandson john paul getty iii and demanded a 17 million equivalent to 98 million in 2019 payment for his safe return. He was expelled however and even though his father left rome for england shortly afterward following talitha. His first child john paul getty iii was born in november 1956.

In the first episode of trust john paul getty iii harris dickinson comes this close to achieving what the other men in his family have been unable to. Paul getty donald. John paul iii also lived in italy as a young teenager first at boarding school.