Meet Ivy Getty, the 29-year-old heiress to the Getty oil fortune: the model just attended the Met Gala solo after splitting from Tobias Engel, and is close with Anya Taylor-Joy – and Nancy Pelosi
- Ivy Getty might be only in her late 20s, but she must have felt right at home on the Met Gala red carpet earlier this month surrounded by the likes of Jeff Bezos and Kim Kardashian
- The heiress’ famous family is worth over US$5 billion and she counts Anya Taylor-Joy and former US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as friends – but what happened with her and Tobias Engel?
Surrounded by billionaires and other exclusive guests at the 2024 Met Gala on Monday, Ivy Love Getty fit right in.
Getty is a member of one of the richest – and most private – families in the country. While her personal net worth is unknown, Forbes estimated the Getty family’s fortune as a whole to be US$5.4 billion in 2015.
Here’s what we know about Ivy Getty’s 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 $11 billion in 2024.
Jean Paul was also infamously known for refusing to pay his grandson’s ransom of US$17 million after he was kidnapped by individuals linked to the Italian mafia. After a newspaper received John Paul Getty III’s severed ear in the mail, Jean Paul negotiated a ransom of US$2.2 million that led to his grandson’s release five months after being captured.
Ivy is the only child of Jean Paul Getty’s grandson, John Gilbert Getty
