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In March 2026, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his wealth as $8.15 billion and placed him at number 463 on their list of billionaires worldwide, while the Forbes 400 estimated it at $5.5 billion, making him number 276 on their list of the wealthiest Americans.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 December 1933","date":"1933-12-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Los Angeles","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"composer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36834"},{"text":"financier","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1979607"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"librettist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8178443"},{"text":"classical composer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21680663"},{"text":"art collector","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10732476"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Republican Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29468"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"St. Ignatius College Preparatory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588355"},{"text":"University of San Francisco","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1887879"},{"text":"San Francisco Conservatory of Music","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2034815"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Ann Getty","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99476909"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901#P26"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Getty","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Gordon Getty born?","a":"Gordon Getty was born on 20 December 1933 in Los Angeles."},{"q":"Where did Gordon Getty study?","a":"Gordon Getty was educated at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, University of San Francisco, San Francisco Conservatory of Music."}],"related":[{"name":"Abigail Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abigail-johnson"},{"name":"Alex Karp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alex-karp"},{"name":"Alice Walton","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alice-walton"},{"name":"Arte Moreno","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arte-moreno"},{"name":"Arthur Blank","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-blank"},{"name":"Baiju Bhatt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baiju-bhatt"},{"name":"Barry Diller","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barry-diller"},{"name":"Ben Chestnut","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ben-chestnut"},{"name":"Bill Ackman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-ackman"},{"name":"Bill Gates","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-gates"},{"name":"Bob Parsons","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bob-parsons"},{"name":"Bobby Murphy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bobby-murphy"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/gordon-getty-cffc992400.jpg","width":334,"height":304,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Steve Fontanini, Los Angeles Times","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon_Getty_at_service_for_J._Paul_Getty.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Gordon Getty","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Getty","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3110901","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110901","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Gordon Getty at service for J. 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