Mark Getty

Mark Getty (born July 9, 1960) is the co-founder of the Getty Investments LLC Group, which holds the majority share-stake of the photographic agency Getty Images. Mark Getty is the grandson of oil magnate, J. Paul Getty.

Quotes

• Intellectual property is the oil of the 21 century. Look at the richest men a hundred years ago; they all made their money extracting natural resources or moving them around. All today’s richest men have made their money out of intellectual property.
  • "Blood and Oil," The Economist (March 4, 2000), p. 68
• My advice to anyone who loves to read or write is to love words first. Look at fonts and at print carefully. Ignore what they mean and just marvel at what they look like.
  • City A.M.: "What I'm reading: Quickfire interview with Getty Images co-founder Mark Getty on his favourite books and the advice he'd give to aspiring writers" (25 June 2018)