His first child, John Paul Getty III was born in November, 1956. The following year he approached his half-brother, Gordon Peter Getty, vice-president of the Getty subsidiary Tidewater Petroleum, asking for a job. His brother gave him a job pumping gas at a Tidewater gas station in San Francisco.[6] After a year, his father (whom he had not seen in 12 years) was favorably impressed enough to invite him and the family to Paris, where he offered Paul Jr. a job as President of Getty Oil's Italian subsidiary, Getty Oil Italiana, in Rome.[7]