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'''Gordon Peter Getty''' (born December 20, 1933) is an American businessman and [[classical music]] composer, the fourth child of oil tycoon [[J. Paul Getty]]. His mother, [[Ann Rork Light|Ann Rork]], was his father's fourth wife.<ref>{{cite news | first=Peter | last=Byrne | title=Bringing Up Baby Gavin | date=April 2, 2003 | url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-04-02/news/bringing-up-baby-gavin | work=SF Weekly | access-date=April 21, 2009}}</ref> When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of [[Getty family|Getty's]] [[United States dollar|US$]]2&nbsp;billion trust. His net worth was $2.1 billion in September 2020, making him number 391 on the [[Forbes 400]] list of the wealthiest Americans.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/gordon-getty/ |title=Gordon Getty|access-date=2019-05-10| magazine=Forbes}}</ref>
'''Gordon Peter Getty''' (born December 20, 1933) is an American businessman and [[classical music]] composer, the fourth child of oil tycoon [[J. Paul Getty]]. His mother, [[Ann Rork Light|Ann Rork]], was his father's fourth wife.<ref>{{cite news | first=Peter | last=Byrne | title=Bringing Up Baby Gavin | date=April 2, 2003 | url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-04-02/news/bringing-up-baby-gavin | work=SF Weekly | access-date=April 21, 2009}}</ref> When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of [[Getty family|Getty's]] [[United States dollar|US$]]2&nbsp;billion trust. His net worth was $2.1 billion in September 2020, making him number 391 on the [[Forbes 400]] list of the wealthiest Americans.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/gordon-getty/ |title=Gordon Getty|access-date=May 10, 2019| magazine=Forbes}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Career==
==Career==
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 dollar|US$]]10&nbsp;billion. In 1983, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked him the richest person in America with a net worth of a little over $2 billion.{{cn|date=August 2022}} His net worth was cited as $2.1&nbsp;billion in 2020, making him the 391st richest person in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbes 400 - The Definitive Ranking Of The Wealthiest Americans In 2020|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=www.forbes.com}}</ref>
He joined the oil business to please his father; however, he eventually sold the family's [[Getty Oil]] to [[Texaco]] in 1986 for [[United States dollar|US$]]10&nbsp;billion. In 1983, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked him the richest person in America with a net worth of a little over $2 billion.{{cn|date=August 2022}} His net worth was cited as $2.1&nbsp;billion in 2020, making him the 391st richest person in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbes 400 - The Definitive Ranking Of The Wealthiest Americans In 2020|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=www.forbes.com}}</ref>


In 2002, Getty founded ReFlow, a company which temporarily purchases shares in [[mutual fund]]s to save funds taxes and commissions.<ref name=Forbes407>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Gordon-Getty_IX01.html |title= #407 Gordon Getty |access-date=2008-11-20| work=Forbes |date=2007-08-03 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hibbard |first=Justin |title=How Gordon Getty Got To 'Aha!{{'-}} |journal=Business Week |date=2005-10-10 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_41/b3954109.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519031820/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_41/b3954109.htm |archive-date=2009-05-19 }}</ref>
In 2002, Getty founded ReFlow, a company which temporarily purchases shares in [[mutual fund]]s to save funds taxes and commissions.<ref name=Forbes407>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Gordon-Getty_IX01.html |title= #407 Gordon Getty |access-date=November 20, 2008| work=Forbes |date=August 3, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hibbard |first=Justin |title=How Gordon Getty Got To 'Aha!{{'-}} |journal=Business Week |date=October 10, 2005 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_41/b3954109.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519031820/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_41/b3954109.htm |archive-date=May 19, 2009 }}</ref>


===Classical music===
===Classical music===
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
On Christmas Day, 1964, he married [[Ann Getty|Ann Gilbert]] (1941–2020) in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=September 19, 2020|title=Ann Getty, 79, a Publisher and a Bicoastal Arts Patron|volume=170|page=B12|work=New York Times|issue=58821|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/obituaries/ann-getty-dead.html|access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-2nd-getty-family-an-open-secret-20150331-story.html|title=Gordon Getty's second family was an open secret|first=Los Angeles|last=Times|date=1999-08-31}}</ref>
On Christmas Day, 1964, he married [[Ann Getty|Ann Gilbert]] (1941–2020) in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=September 19, 2020|title=Ann Getty, 79, a Publisher and a Bicoastal Arts Patron|volume=170|page=B12|work=New York Times|issue=58821|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/obituaries/ann-getty-dead.html|access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-2nd-getty-family-an-open-secret-20150331-story.html|title=Gordon Getty's second family was an open secret|first=Los Angeles|last=Times|date=August 31, 1999}}</ref>


On April 1, 2015, it was reported that Getty's son [[Andrew Getty|Andrew Rork Getty]] died at his home in [[Hollywood Hills]] of what was initially classified as natural causes, although coroner's officials needed to wait for the results of further examination and toxicology tests before making a final determination.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/natural-causes-accident-likely-getty-heir-death-074711547.html |title=Getty oil heir found dead wrote of serious health problem |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=AP |author=Tami Abdollah |date=April 1, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> The coroner eventually ruled the death as accidental.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/17/andrew-getty-died-of-haemorrhage-ulcer-bad-heart-and-meth-official |title=Andrew Getty died of haemorrhage, ulcer, bad heart and meth – coroner |agency=Reuters |date=17 June 2015 |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2017}}</ref>
On April 1, 2015, it was reported that Getty's son [[Andrew Getty|Andrew Rork Getty]] died at his home in [[Hollywood Hills]] of what was initially classified as natural causes, although coroner's officials needed to wait for the results of further examination and toxicology tests before making a final determination.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/natural-causes-accident-likely-getty-heir-death-074711547.html |title=Getty oil heir found dead wrote of serious health problem |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=AP |author=Tami Abdollah |date=April 1, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> The coroner eventually ruled the death as accidental.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/17/andrew-getty-died-of-haemorrhage-ulcer-bad-heart-and-meth-official |title=Andrew Getty died of haemorrhage, ulcer, bad heart and meth – coroner |agency=Reuters |date=June 17, 2015 |website=The Guardian |access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref>


Three of Getty's seven children were with Getty's then-mistress [[Cynthia Beck]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/10/partner-getty-heirs-former-lover-arrested-huge-gun-cache-beverley/|title=Partner of Getty heir's former lover arrested over huge gun cache in Beverley Hills mansion|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2019-05-10|last1=Allen|first1=Nick}}</ref>
Three of Getty's seven children were with Getty's then-mistress [[Cynthia Beck]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/10/partner-getty-heirs-former-lover-arrested-huge-gun-cache-beverley/|title=Partner of Getty heir's former lover arrested over huge gun cache in Beverley Hills mansion|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=May 10, 2019|last1=Allen|first1=Nick}}</ref>


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
Gordon Getty's life as a composer was chronicled in Peter Rosen's documentary ''Gordon Getty: There Will be Music'' which premiered on February 5, 2016, at Cinema Village in New York City <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/gordon-getty-documentary-family-curse-music|title=How Music Helped Gordon Getty Escape His Family's Famous Curse|date=9 February 2016}}</ref> and has been broadcast on PBS in the U.S. and Europe on ARTE, and also appeared in film festivals, and programs across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ThereWillBeMusic/ |title=Gordon Getty: There Will Be Music}}</ref>
Gordon Getty's life as a composer was chronicled in Peter Rosen's documentary ''Gordon Getty: There Will be Music'' which premiered on February 5, 2016, at Cinema Village in New York City <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/gordon-getty-documentary-family-curse-music|title=How Music Helped Gordon Getty Escape His Family's Famous Curse|date=February 9, 2016}}</ref> and has been broadcast on PBS in the U.S. and Europe on ARTE, and also appeared in film festivals, and programs across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ThereWillBeMusic/ |title=Gordon Getty: There Will Be Music}}</ref>


== Honors and awards ==
== Honors and awards ==
* 1986 – Outstanding American Composer, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/bio.aspx?CId=5006692|title=Gordon Getty Biography – InstantEncore|website=www.instantencore.com|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>
* 1986 – Outstanding American Composer, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/bio.aspx?CId=5006692|title=Gordon Getty Biography – InstantEncore|website=www.instantencore.com|access-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref>
* 2003 – Gold Baton, [[League of American Orchestras]]<ref name="auto"/>
* 2003 – Gold Baton, [[League of American Orchestras]]<ref name="auto"/>
* 2015 – [[University of San Francisco]] Alumnus of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usfca.edu/news/gordon-getty-composer-and-philanthropist-named-usf-alumnus-of-the-year|title=Gordon Getty, Composer and Philanthropist, Named USF Alumnus of the Year|last=atemkar|website=University of San Francisco|access-date=2016-04-04|date=2015-10-05}}</ref>
* 2015 – [[University of San Francisco]] Alumnus of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usfca.edu/news/gordon-getty-composer-and-philanthropist-named-usf-alumnus-of-the-year|title=Gordon Getty, Composer and Philanthropist, Named USF Alumnus of the Year|last=atemkar|website=University of San Francisco|access-date=April 4, 2016|date=October 5, 2015}}</ref>


== List of works ==
== List of works ==

Revision as of 00:08, 15 September 2022

Gordon Getty
Born
Gordon Peter Getty

(1933-12-20) December 20, 1933 (age 90)
Los Angeles, California
Alma materUniversity of San Francisco
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Occupation(s)Businessman, composer
Spouse
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​
(m. 1964; died 2020)​
Children7, including Andrew
Parent(s)J. Paul Getty
Ann Rork Light
FamilyGetty

Gordon Peter Getty (born December 20, 1933) is an American businessman and classical music composer, the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's fourth wife.[1] When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty's US$2 billion trust. His net worth was $2.1 billion in September 2020, making him number 391 on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans.[2]

Early life

Getty was raised in San Francisco, California, where he attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory and the University of San Francisco. He would also earn a B.A. in music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.[3]

Career

He joined the oil business to please his father; however, he eventually sold the family's Getty Oil to Texaco in 1986 for US$10 billion. In 1983, Forbes magazine ranked him the richest person in America with a net worth of a little over $2 billion.[citation needed] His net worth was cited as $2.1 billion in 2020, making him the 391st richest person in the United States.[4]

In 2002, Getty founded ReFlow, a company which temporarily purchases shares in mutual funds to save funds taxes and commissions.[3][5]

Classical music

Among several 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. His one-act opera Usher House was performed by the San Francisco Opera in 2015. Aspiring to become an opera singer, Getty studied in the mid-1970s with Louise Caselotti, a mezzo-soprano who had been Maria Callas' voice teacher (1946–47). He and his wife have supported the fine arts, especially underwriting productions of the San Francisco Opera and the Russian National Orchestra.[6][full citation needed]

Getty's opera The Canterville Ghost was premiered on May 9, 2015, at the Leipzig Opera.

Personal life

On Christmas Day, 1964, he married Ann Gilbert (1941–2020) in Las Vegas, Nevada.[7][8]

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, although coroner's officials needed to wait for the results of further examination and toxicology tests before making a final determination.[9] The coroner eventually ruled the death as accidental.[10]

Three of Getty's seven children were with Getty's then-mistress Cynthia Beck.[11]

Gordon Getty's life as a composer was chronicled in Peter Rosen's documentary Gordon Getty: There Will be Music which premiered on February 5, 2016, at Cinema Village in New York City [12] and has been broadcast on PBS in the U.S. and Europe on ARTE, and also appeared in film festivals, and programs across the country.[13]

Honors and awards

List of works

Cantata and opera

Chamber works

  • Traditional Pieces

Choral works

  • Annabel Lee
  • Ballet Russe
  • Beauty Come Dancing
  • La Belle Dame sans Merci
  • For a Dead Lady
  • The Little Match Girl
  • The Old Man in the Night
  • A Prayer for My Daughter
  • There Was A Naughty Boy
  • Those Who Love
  • Three Christmas Carols
  • Victorian Scenes
  • Young America

Orchestral works

  • Ancestor Suite
  • Homework Suite
  • Overture to Plump Jack
  • Traditional Pieces

Piano works

  • Ancestor Suite
  • Andantino
  • First Adventure
  • Homework Suite
  • Scherzo Pensieroso
  • Traditional Pieces

Songs

  • Four Dickinson Songs
  • Hostess's Aria
  • No My Good Lord
  • Poor Peter
  • A Prayer for My Daughter
  • Where is My Lady
  • The White Election

Discography

References

  1. ^ Byrne, Peter (April 2, 2003). "Bringing Up Baby Gavin". SF Weekly. Retrieved April 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "Gordon Getty". Forbes. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "#407 Gordon Getty". Forbes. August 3, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
  4. ^ "Forbes 400 - The Definitive Ranking Of The Wealthiest Americans In 2020". www.forbes.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Hibbard, Justin (October 10, 2005). "How Gordon Getty Got To 'Aha!'". Business Week. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009.
  6. ^ San Francisco Chronicle
  7. ^ Roberts, Sam (September 19, 2020). "Ann Getty, 79, a Publisher and a Bicoastal Arts Patron". New York Times. Vol. 170, no. 58821. p. B12. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Times, Los Angeles (August 31, 1999). "Gordon Getty's second family was an open secret".
  9. ^ Tami Abdollah (April 1, 2015). "Getty oil heir found dead wrote of serious health problem". Yahoo! News. AP. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  10. ^ "Andrew Getty died of haemorrhage, ulcer, bad heart and meth – coroner". The Guardian. Reuters. June 17, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  11. ^ Allen, Nick (May 10, 2019). "Partner of Getty heir's former lover arrested over huge gun cache in Beverley Hills mansion". The Telegraph.
  12. ^ "How Music Helped Gordon Getty Escape His Family's Famous Curse". February 9, 2016.
  13. ^ "Gordon Getty: There Will Be Music".
  14. ^ a b "Gordon Getty Biography – InstantEncore". www.instantencore.com. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  15. ^ atemkar (October 5, 2015). "Gordon Getty, Composer and Philanthropist, Named USF Alumnus of the Year". University of San Francisco. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
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