Getty, J(ean)Paul

Getty, J(ean)Paul
Get·ty (gĕtʹē), J(ean) Paul. 1892-1976.
American business executive who amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune and established a museum in Malibu, California (1953), to publicly display his vast art collection. A new museum, the Getty Center, opened in Los Angeles in 1997.

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