Oil Genius -- Paul Getty: The Complete Book of Market Expansion

Author: Xie Lifu, edited by An Ran, compiled by Yang Guangbin et al.
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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. He is 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 romantic 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 wild man," relied on his exceptional business acumen, dared to take bold risks, hired diverse talents, expanded markets, and solidified his oil kingdom. His unrestrained personality ultimately earned him the title of the "Oil Maverick."