Editing Gordon Getty (section)

==Career==
He joined the oil business to please his father; however, he eventually sold the family's [[Getty Oil]] to [[Texaco]] in 1986 for [[United States dollar|US$]]10&nbsp;billion. In 1983, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked him the richest person in America with a net worth of a little over $2 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordon Getty |url=https://www.goodreturns.in/gordon-getty-net-worth-and-biography-blnr1378.html#:~:text=Born%20into%20wealth%2C%20Getty%20inherited,billion%20by%20Forbes%20in%202020. |website=goodreturns}}</ref> His net worth was cited as $2.1&nbsp;billion in 2020, making him the 391st richest person in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbes 400 - The Definitive Ranking Of The Wealthiest Americans In 2020|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=www.forbes.com}}</ref>

In 2002, Getty founded ReFlow, a company which temporarily purchases shares in [[mutual fund]]s to save funds taxes and commissions.<ref name=Forbes407>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Gordon-Getty_IX01.html |title= #407 Gordon Getty |access-date=November 20, 2008| work=Forbes |date=August 3, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hibbard |first=Justin |title=How Gordon Getty Got To 'Aha!{{'-}} |journal=Business Week |date=October 10, 2005 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_41/b3954109.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519031820/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_41/b3954109.htm |archive-date=May 19, 2009 }}</ref>

===Classical music===
Among several professions, Getty is a [[European classical music|classical music]] composer whose compositions include the opera ''Plump Jack'', ''Joan and the Bells'', piano pieces, and a collection of choral works. His one-act opera ''Usher House'' was performed by the San Francisco Opera in 2015.<ref name="usfca.edu"/>  Aspiring to become an [[opera]] singer, Getty studied in the mid-1970s with [[Louise Caselotti]], a mezzo-soprano who had been [[Maria Callas]]' voice teacher (1946–47). He and his wife have supported the fine arts, especially underwriting productions of the [[San Francisco Opera]] and the [[Russian National Orchestra]].<ref>''San Francisco Chronicle''</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Getty's opera ''[[The Canterville Ghost (Getty opera)|The Canterville Ghost]]'' was premiered on May 9, 2015, at the [[Leipzig Opera]].