Mark Getty

The son of American/British billionaire and philanthropist Sir Paul Getty, Mark was a co-founder of the world's biggest photo agency, Getty Agency. He is chairman there and at Getty Investments, which he also founded. The history of the Getty family's wealth lies in the oil industry and his grandfather J Paul Getty. He was born in the UK after his father settled here, and now lives at Wormsley Park, the Buckinghamshire home he inherited from his father after he died in 2003. Mark Getty is the co-founder and chairman of Getty Images, Inc. In 1993, Mark and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Klein founded Getty Investments LLC, which today is the principal shareholder of Getty Images. Since that time, Mark has successfully established Getty Images as the leading provider of imagery and related products and services. He has successfully negotiated the acquisition of several major image brands, including Kodak's Image Bank collection, Stone (formerly Tony Stone Images), Visual Communications Group, and PhotoDisc. Realizing the highly fragmented nature of the visual content industry, Mark recognized the need for a well-ordered and well-funded organization to enter the market and become the ultimate source for imaging needs. Getty Images has combined strong image collections and established customer relationships with proprietary internet technology to provide the right images for the right people at the right time. Prior to Getty Images, Mark worked with Kidder Peabody in New York and then joined Hambros Bank Limited in London in 1991. He serves on the board of directors of several companies and is the chairman of Getty Investments LLC. He has three sons from his first marriage to Domitilla Harding and now lives in Rome with his second wife, Caterina Nahberg, with whom he has a daughter. As well as his business interests, he is a trustee of the National Gallery about which his father, as a generous donor, was very passionate. The Sunday Times Rich List estimated Mr Getty's fortune at £520m fortune.