What is J. Paul Getty?
{{Distinguish|John Paul Getty III}} {{Infobox person | image = JP Getty,1944.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = '''J. Paul Getty''', circa 1944 | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|12|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|6|6|1892|12|15|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Sutton Place, Surrey|Sutton Place]], [[Surrey]], England | death_cause = [[Congestive heart failure]] | occupation = [[Business]] | spouse = Jeanette Demont, Allene Ashby, Adolphine Helmle, Ann Rork, Louise Dudley Lynch | parents = [[George Getty|George Franklin Getty]] and Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher | children = George Franklin Getty II, Jean Ronald Getty, [[Paul Getty|Eugene Paul Getty, later Jean Paul Getty Jr]], [[Gordon Getty|Gordon Peter Getty]], Timothy Ware Getty | networth = }} '''Jean Paul Getty''' (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an [[Americans|American]] industrialist.<ref name=NYTobit>Whitman, Alden. [https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1215.html J. Paul Getty dead at 83; amassed billions from oil.] ''New York Times'', June 6, 1976. Retrieved September 6, 2008.</ref> He founded the [[Getty Oil]] Company. In 1957 ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine named him the richest living American.<ref>List of 76 said to hold above 75 millions. ''New York Times'', October 28, 1957.</ref> The 1966 [[Guinness Book of Records]] named him as the world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1,200 million.<ref>Norris & Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records, London, 1966, p.229</ref> When he died he was worth more than $2 billion.<ref name=Lenzner>Lenzner, Robert. ''The great Getty: the life and loves of J. Paul Getty, richest man in the world''. New York: Crown Publishers, 1985. {{ISBN|0-517-56222-7}}</ref> A book published in 1996 ranked him as the 67th richest American who ever lived. (The book ranked his wealth as a percentage of the United States [[Gross domestic product|gross national product]].)<ref>{{cite book |author