Once the richest family in the United States, the Getty family name became synonymous with “wealth”. Yet, decades of lavish spending and dividing the family’s wealth between countless descendants, has depleted the family’s wealth considerably. Early History The modern-day Getty family is of mixed Scotch-Irish, with it being highly likely Read more…
Known as the “richest man in the history of the world” and the “man with all the money in the world” the legend of J. Paul Getty’s wealth is so much that his name is still synonymous with wealth, even today. Most famous for the oil empire he founded and Read more…
Today, Armand Hammer is famous for having been one of the richest men of his time. Yet despite this, it may surprise you to hear that he was once a communist, with he and his entire family being under FBI surveillance for their entire lives! As head of Occidental Petroleum, Read more…