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Mark Getty

Irish businessman · United States · On the map · Founders · Born 1960 · age 66

Mark Harris Getty is an Irish-French businessman who is the co-founder and chairman of Getty Images.

Mark Getty is read about 278 times a day, in 10 languages.

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  1. 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.

    4 March 2000 · The Economist, Own words

  2. 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, Own words

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Awards

Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire2015

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 66