what does it profit a man who gains the world but losses his soul

J. Paul Getty, once the world’s richest man with a $2 billion fortune in the 1960s (equivalent to $10 billion today), famously said, “Getting rich is easy, any fool can get rich.” In his 1965 book *How to Be Rich*, he argued wealth comes from luck or reckless gambles, like his oil strikes in Oklahoma and Saudi Arabia starting in 1909.

But he added, “Staying rich is hard,” emphasizing discipline—living modestly despite luxury, reinvesting profits, and avoiding waste. By 2025, his Getty Oil legacy, sold to Texaco for $10 billion in 1984.

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