I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas.

Getty is one of the nation's leading venture capitalists and philanthropists. According to the Forbes 400 as of September 2011 his net worth is $2 billion making him number 212 on the list of the richest Americans. Though a Republican he is a major fundraiser for local and national Democratic Party candidates and has contributed to the campaigns of Nancy Pelosi Willie Brown Gavin Newsom and John Kerry.

According to the Forbes 400 as of September 2011 his net worth is $2 billion making him number 212 on the list of the richest Americans. Paul Getty. He was born on December 20 1934 the fourth child of oil tycoon J.