Aileen Getty is an American heiress and activist. She is a member of the Getty family, the granddaughter of J. Paul Getty, a British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company. She co-founded the Climate Emergency Fund in 2019. The fund has distributed over $4 million to several environmental activist organizations including Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. [1]
She is the daughter of John Paul Getty Jr.. Her brother Mark Getty is the co-founder of Getty Images. Her brother, John Paul Getty III was kidnapped and ransomed in 1973. [1]
She spent her childhood in Italy and attended boarding school in the United Kingdom. [1]
In 2019, Getty co-founded the Climate Emergency Fund. The fund has distributed over $4 million to several environmental activist organizations including Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. [1] [2] [3] [4]
As of 2018, she has given $92,400 to campaigns and independent committees of Gavin Newsom. [5]
In 1981, she married Christopher Wilding, son of Elizabeth Taylor. [1] [6] They had two children before divorcing. [1]
In 1984, she was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, later saying she was unsure whether the source of infection had been a blood transfusion or an extramarital affair. [7] [1]
In 2023, Getty purchased Brad Pitt’s estate near Los Feliz for $33 million. [8]
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