Background
His mother, Ann Rork, was his father"s fourth wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty"s United States$2 billion trust.
composer Financier Businessperson
His mother, Ann Rork, was his father"s fourth wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty"s United States$2 billion trust.
Studied with Easton Kent. Studied with Robert Vetlesen. Studied with Sol Joseph, 1962.
Bachelor of Science, San Francisco Conservatory Music. Degree in music (honorary), San Francisco Conservatory Music, 1981. Degree in music (honorary), Pepperdine University, 1985.
Doctorate (honorary), Mannes College Music, New York City, 1986.
According to the Forbes 400, as of September 2011 his Netto worth is $2 billion, making him number 212 on the list of the richest Americans. He joined the oil business to please his father. However, he eventually sold the family"s Getty Oil to Texaco in 1986 for United States$10 billion.
In 1983, Forbes magazine ranked him the richest person in America with a Netto worth a little over $2 billion.
His current Netto worth is cited as $2 billion, making him the 212th richest person in the United States. Getty is one of the nation"s leading venture capitalists and philanthropists.
In 2002, he donated United States$3 million to the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, a charitable trust. He is a major fundraiser for local and national Democratic Party candidates, and has contributed to the campaigns of Nancy Pelosi, Willie Brown, Gavin Newsom, and John Kerry.
Among a number of professions, Getty is a classical music composer, whose compositions include the opera Plump Jack, Joan and the Bells, piano pieces and a collection of choral works.
In 2002, Getty founded ReFlow, a company which temporarily purchases shares in mutual funds to save funds taxes and commissions. On April 1, 2015, it was reported that Getty"s son Andrew Rork Getty died at his home in Hollywood Hills of what was initially classified as natural causes, however coroner"s officials needed to wait for the results of further examination and toxicology tests before making a final determination. On May 9, 2015, there was a debut performance at Leipzig Opera of the The Canterville Ghost opera by Gordon Getty.
Advisory director Metropolitan Opera, since 1977. Trustee Mannes College Music, since 1982. Director San Francisco Symphony, since 1979.
Married Ann Getty; 4 children.