House of Getty

The Getty family's true story is featured in the TV series "Trust" and the movie "All the Money in the World." It involves boardroom battles, sex, money, drugs, power, crime, tragedy, and family intrigue, with John Paul Getty as the eccentric oil billionaire. Despite his wealth, he was cheated of his ambition to found an oil dynasty and built a magnificent museum as a monument to his success. However, money tainted his philanthropy, and Getty Oil was sold to Texaco for $9.9 billion, the biggest corporate takeover in history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 18 October 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The true story of the Getty family, as featured in the TV series "Trust" and the movie "All the Money in the World," is a captivating tale of boardroom battles, sex, money, drugs, power, crime, tragedy, and family intrigue. At the center of it all stands the figure of John Paul Getty, the eccentric oil billionaire believed to have been the richest man in the world. Married and divorced five times, he had five sons, but was cheated of his dearest ambition—to found an oil dynasty. His angelic youngest son died at age twelve after years of illness. Of the remaining four sons, three proved to be hopeless businessmen and, one by one, dropped out of Getty Oil. Only one had the talent to take the helm of the family business, and he was groomed for the part. And then he killed himself. With his cherished hopes of a family dynasty crushed, John Paul built a magnificent museum as a monument for all time to his success. But money tainted even his philanthropy; the Getty Museum has become feared for its wealth and ability to pillage the art market. In the maneuvering that followed John Paul's death, Getty Oil was sold; Texaco acquired it for $9.9 billion, the biggest corporate takeover in history. Award-winning journalist and writer Russell Miller brings us the extraordinary and often disturbing story of a unique American family. From the pioneering days in the Oklahoma oil fields to the bitter struggles over Getty Oil, we follow the rise and fall of three generations, all cursed with the Midas touch.

Weight: 388g
Dimension: 132 x 198 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781448217526