J. Paul Getty: The Real Story Behind The Man With All The Money In The World

J. Paul Getty The Billionaire Was A Huge Cheapskate

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For all the money that he had at his disposal, J. Paul Getty was infamously cheap. In addition to installing a payphone in his home for guests (and locking up all other phones!), Getty did all that he could to make sure he was spending as little as possible. Although he stayed in the poshest hotels around, he stayed in their smallest, cheapest rooms and lived out of his suitcase. There are even reports that say he liked to dress up in old, ratty clothes to make it feel as though he was poor. But the richest example of his miserly ways would come to light years later in a notorious incident with his grandson.