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Getty learned Arabic, befriended the Saudi king, and struck oil

J. Paul Getty turned a $10,000 gift (worth ~$150K today) into an oil fortune. He learned Arabic, became one of the first Americans in newly founded Saudi Arabia, befriended the king, and built Getty Oil, owning 50% of one of the world's biggest companies.

“And then what he did was he learned Arabic and he was the first kind of American to go over to Saudi Arabia. You know, Saudi Arabia was founded, I think, in the '30s, like the modern-day Saudi Arabia founded in like the '30s, '40s. I believe it's brand new. And JP made buddies with the, with the king.”
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