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Ann and gordon getty were also close to california gov.
Gordon getty gavin newsom. But first some history. Newsom opened the wine shop in 1992 with the financial backing of family friend and oil fortune heir gordon getty. Gavin newsom served as a mayor of san francisco from 2004 to 2011.
During the eight years that gavin newsom served as californias lieutenant governor he and his family still lived a few hours from sacramento in their 45 million bay area compound. As a young adult gavin capitalized on that connection and gordon getty was the investor behind his first business a san francisco wine shop. Gavin newsom and billy getty gordons son developed a chain of restaurants and wine shops together.
Throughout the 2018 gubernatorial campaign he wouldnt commit to moving his family to the capital. Ann getty an interior designer married to gordon getty has contributed 128750. Getty has the bulk of his 2 billion estate sequestered in the gordon p.
The judge says the trust earns about 2 percent a year which translates into roughly 40 million in annual income for gordon. The getty newsom connection goes back to the days when billys father gordon getty and gavins father retired state appellate judge bill newsom schooled together at. Everything came full circle when he became the governor of california in 2019 with the help of his influential family and friends.
In addition to investing in the businesses a getty trust paid gavin newsom for investment advice and gordon and ann getty provided gifts and loans for his home according to reports and disclosures. We want to hear from you. Newsoms father a classmate and close adviser of getty urged another prominent.
Getty family trust managed by newsom. Gordon getty a lifelong friend of gavin newsoms dad has donated 145850. Gavin newsom a democrat helping to pay for his outings as a youngster and later became regular donors to his political campaigns.
Newsoms plumpjack business named for an opera that gordon getty wrote led to a career in san francisco politics a stint as mayor the lieutenant governorship and now to the governorship succeeding his fathers old friend.