In his day, J. Paul Getty was known as "the richest man in America." James Reginato's biography, Growing Up Getty, is an exhaustive account of how the rich are different from most people.

BIOGRAPHY. GROWING UP GETTY by James Reginato (Gallery £22.92, 336pp). When he was 22, in 1914, J. Paul Getty's father gave him $10,000 (the equivalent of £250,000 today) to invest in the oil ...

Robert Lenzner is the author of "The Great Getty," a biography of J. Paul Getty, published in 1986 that was on the best-seller list of the NY for 13 weeks. Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Balthazar Getty (born January 22, 1975) is an American film actor and member of the band Ringside. His great grandfather was Jean Paul Getty, his grandfather ...