A short drive up the Pacific Coast Highway, nestled in the hills
of Malibu, sits the Getty Villa. The brainchild and love of
American industrialist and oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, the villa
rests on 64 acres and houses thousands of Roman, Etruscan and
Greek antiquities collected over his lifetime. Author of How to
be Rich and a constant presence on Fortune Magazine's rankings
of wealthiest Americans in the mid-1900s, J. Paul Getty amassed
a fortune during his lifetime. Fortunately for art lovers
everywhere, he had a true passion for the finer things in life.
Getty dedicated years of time and loads of funds to what is now
the world's wealthiest art trust, which he later bestowed upon
Southern California, enabling the existence of The J. Paul Getty
Museum, The Getty Foundation, The Getty Research and
Conservation Institutes, and the Getty Villa. (image courtesy of
Amerikani blog) Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, and spent
his life working to expand his family's petroleum business.
Collecting art and antiqui