Background
A member of the Getty family, which originally made its money from oil, he is the son of American-British billionaire philanthropist Sir John Paul Getty, Junior.
A member of the Getty family, which originally made its money from oil, he is the son of American-British billionaire philanthropist Sir John Paul Getty, Junior.
Getty attended Taunton School then read Politics & Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Getty began his career with spells at Kidder Peabody in New York and then joined Hambros Bank Limited in London. He co-founded Getty Investments Limited Liability Company Group, which holds the majority share-stake of the photographic agency Getty Images, with Jonathan Klein in 1993. Getty is the Chairman of Getty Images.
Under his leadership it has become a major supplier of both commercial and private photographs, most especially for publications in the United Kingdom, United States. and internationally.
In 2003, Getty inherited his father"s majority holding in the Wisden Group. In 2004 Getty was re-appointed as a trustee of the National Gallery in London.
On the 2009 list, he was ranked 174=, after a Net Worth loss of £55 Million GBP from the previous year accredited to loss of share worth.
Getty is a member of the board of Getty Investments Limited Liability Partnership.
He is a regular member of the Sunday Times Rich List.