GETTY'S MIGHTY GRIP: JULY 15,1957

摘要

BILLIONAIRE J. PAUL GETTY'S empire stretched from California to Arabia, encompassing oil wells, refineries, tankers and hotels. It totaled some $1.1 billion in assets, almost $10 billion in current money. And Getty ruled absolutely, with unbridled ambition. "He just can't stop as long as there's a Shell or a Standard Oil bigger than he is," one Wall Streeter observed. "He's driven to keep growing." Getty owned trophies, including the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan, but most of his wealth came from oil, and in the late 1950s, he was watching a bet on Middle East reserves begin to pay off.