John Paul Getty III

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Paul Getty III
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Nov 4, 1956(1956-11-04)
Age	68
Date Of Death	February 5, 2011, Wormsley, Stokenchurch, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Minneapolis
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Scorpio

John Paul Getty III Biography

John Paul Getty III is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on November 4, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Getty was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent most of his childhood in Rome while his father headed the Italian division of the Getty family oil business. His parents divorced in 1964 when he was eight years old, and his father married model and actress Talitha Pol in 1966. The family adopted a hippie lifestyle, spending much time in Britain and Morocco during the 1960s. Getty remained in Italy with his mother Gail and attended St. George’s British International School in Rome.

In early 1972, Getty was expelled from St. George’s after painting offensive six-feet high wording in a hallway of the school, aimed at the school’s headmaster. In July 1971 his stepmother had died of a heroin overdose in Rome, and his father had moved back to the United Kingdom, partly to escape charges of drug possession which he was facing in Italy. Paul remained in Italy where he lived a bohemian lifestyle, living in a squat, frequenting nightclubs and taking part in left-wing demonstrations. He had considerable artistic talent and reportedly earned a living making jewelry, selling his paintings and cartoons, and appearing in movies as an extra. The Italian adult magazine Playmen paid him $1,000 to appear naked in a spread and on the cover of its August 1973 issue, released a month after he was kidnapped.

John Paul Getty III Net Worth

John Paul Getty III is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Paul Getty III 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Paul Getty III (/ˈ ɡ ɛ t i / ; November 4, 1956 – February 5, 2011), was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnapped by the ‘Ndrangheta, and held for a $17 million ransom. His grandfather was reluctant to pay, but after his severed ear was received by a newspaper, he negotiated payment to $2.2 million, and Getty was released—five months after being kidnapped. Getty soon after developed drug and alcohol addiction, eventually leading to a stroke that left him severely disabled for the rest of his life.

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Nine of the kidnappers were apprehended, including Girolamo Piromalli and Saverio Mammoliti, high-ranking members of the ‘Ndrangheta, a Mafia organization in Calabria. Two of the kidnappers were convicted and sent to prison; the others were acquitted for lack of evidence, including the ‘Ndrangheta bosses. Most of the ransom money was never recovered. In 1977, Getty had an operation to rebuild the ear that his kidnappers had cut off.

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Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Paul Getty III celebrates birthday on November 4 of every year.

A. J. Quinnell used Getty’s kidnapping as one piece of inspiration for his book Man on Fire. The 1995 book Painfully Rich: the Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty by John Pearson includes significant content on Getty’s kidnapping ordeal. The book was adapted to the 2017 film All the Money in the World, directed by Sir Ridley Scott. In the film, J Paul Getty is played by Christopher Plummer and John Paul Getty III is played by Charlie Plummer (as an adult) and Charlie Shotwell (at age 7). The kidnapping is also adapted in the 2018 television series Trust, produced by Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle, with Harris Dickinson as John Paul Getty III.

How did John Paul Getty III get paralyzed?

Getty was permanently affected by his kidnapping and suffered from drug and alcohol addiction during the years that followed. In 1981, he drank a Valium, methadone, and alcohol cocktail which caused liver failure and a stroke , leaving him quadriplegic, partially blind, and unable to speak.

What happened to John Paul Getty the third?

In 1981, at the age of 25, John Paul Getty III suffered a debilitating stroke after taking a Valium, methadone, and alcohol cocktail which caused him liver failure and a stroke, leaving him quadriplegic and partially blind. “Everything was gone,” said Bill Newsom, his godfather.

Is the Getty family still rich?

An avid collector, his penchant for antiquities and art was later displayed in the J. Paul Getty Museum, in LA, and he left around $66million (£463.3million) to the museum after his death. At the time of his death, in 1976, he is thought to have been worth $6billion (£4.2billion).

Was John Paul Getty III kidnappers caught?

Getty III was finally released and turned up at a gas station in the Italian countryside on December 15th, 1973. When he called his grandfather to thank him for paying the kidnappers’ ransom, J. Paul reportedly refused to come to the phone. Just two members of the ‘Ndrangheta organization were convicted for the crime.

Who cut off John Paul Getty's ear?

Paul senior—refused to pay, saying, “I have 14 other grandchildren. If I pay one penny, I’ll have 14 kidnapped grandchildren.” Getty III was held by the kidnappers in the mountains of Calabria for months. Getty III’s kidnappers eventually cut off his ear and mailed it with a lock of his hair to a newspaper in Rome.