Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty

Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty
ISBN-10
0312135793
ISBN-13
9780312135799
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
270
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
St Martins Press
Author
John Pearson

Description

When J. Paul Getty died in 1976, he left a fortune of four billion dollars to be divided among nineteen heirs, and the author examines the sometimes disastrous effects of this money on its recipients

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