Oil Genius: Paul Getty

Author: Jie Lifu
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: In the oil empire, we should remember the name of Paul Getty, because this oil giant controlled the vast world market with his hands and even became the manipulator behind the scenes of the market, respected and feared. — Professor Rocker Jefferson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Getty, who held the top spot in the U.S. for twenty consecutive years. His mysterious and contradictory life: tired of business, but his superb business strategies allowed him to establish his own oil empire in the fierce battle with the "Seven Sisters" of American oil. He claimed to love oil more than women, yet he married five times in his life and had numerous affairs. Despite his immense wealth, he refused to spend money to save the two ears of his kidnapped grandson... Paul Getty, a "combination of a beauty and a savage," relied on his outstanding business acumen, dared to take bold risks, hired different talents, expanded markets, and consolidated his oil kingdom. His unrestrained personality in life was ultimately crowned with the title of "Oil Maverick."