Meet Ivy Getty, the 28-year-old heiress to the Getty oil fortune: the model is BFFs with Anya Taylor-Joy, attended the Met Gala and Elton John’s Oscars party – and Nancy Pelosi officiated her wedding
- Ivy Getty’s great-grandfather is oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty, once one of the richest men in the world, and infamous for refusing to pay a ransom to his grandson’s kidnappers, who cut off his ear
- Ivy married photographer Tobias Engel in 2021 in a custom gown made of broken mirror shards designed by John Galliano for Maison Margiela in a ceremony officiated by US politician Nancy Pelosi
In case you’ve been living under a rock, celebrity hounds have recently been scrutinising whether actors, models and other high-profile A-listers have only gotten where they are today thanks to their famous parents. Some celebrity kids don’t have mum and dad to thank for their showbiz careers though – instead, they can look forward to impressive inheritances.
In the case of Ivy Getty, the world may not know what her exact net worth is, as she’s a member of one of the richest – and most private – families in America. However, the Gettys’ fortune is estimated at US$5.4 million, per Forbes in 2015.
Ivy is the great-granddaughter of American oil tycoon and industrialist Jean Paul Getty, who made his fortune during the 1900s. She is also an heiress to the family’s vast fortune.
In 2021, she married photographer Tobias Engel in a ceremony officiated by Nancy Pelosi.
Here’s what we know about her life and the fortune she is set to inherit.
Ivy Getty’s great-grandfather made his first million by age 24
Jean Paul Getty, the son of oil millionaire George F. Getty, made his first million in the oil trading business by 24. By the time of his death in 1976, Jean Paul was worth around US$2 billion, or the equivalent of US$3.5 billion in 2023.