Meet Ivy Getty, the 29-year-old heiress to the Getty oil fortune and a member of one of the richest families in America

Erin McDowellMay 29, 2024, 09:59 IST

Ivy Getty at the 2024 Met Gala.Cindy Ord/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Ivy Getty is the great-granddaughter of American oil tycoon and industrialist Jean Paul Getty.
She is also an heiress to the family's vast fortune, once valued at $5.4 billion.

Surrounded by billionaires and other exclusive guests at the 2024 Met Gala on Monday, Ivy Love Getty fit right in.

The 29-year-old heiress, who wore an ankle-length, peach-colored Conner Ives gown, graced the red carpet alongside some of America's wealthiest stars, including Kim Kardashian, Jeff Bezos, Tom Ford, and Wendi Murdoch.

Getty is a member of one of the richest — and most private — families in the country. While her personal net worth is largely unknown to the public, Forbes estimated the Getty family's fortune to be $5.4 billion in 2015.

Here's what we know about Ivy Getty's life and the fortune she is set to inherit.

Ivy Getty is the great-granddaughter of Jean Paul Getty, an oil tycoon who made his fortune during the 1900s.

Oil multi-millionaire and art collector J. Paul Getty circa 1960.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born in 1994, Ivy Love Getty is the only child of J. Paul Getty's grandson John Gilbert Getty.

Ivy Getty is seen in Paris, France, on March 1, 2023.Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images

She was raised by her grandparents Ann Getty and Gordon Getty, whose net worth is currently $2.1 billion.

Ann and Gordon Getty pictured in 1972.Fairchild Archive/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images

She grew up in the family's famed San Francisco mansion.

Ann Getty decorating tables for a Christmas celebration at their home in Pacific Heights, San Francisco, in 1979.Slim Aarons/Getty Images

During her childhood, Ivy Getty also traveled the world, thanks to her grandmother.

Ivy Getty in 2019.PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images

After attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, she moved to New York City to pursue a career in modeling.

Ivy Getty is seen on the front row of the Roberto Cavalli fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week 2023.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage/Getty Images

She frequently attends high-profile events, and was most recently photographed at the Met Gala.

Ivy Getty and Conner Ives at the 2024 Met Gala.Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

She also regularly attends fashion week events.

Getty (second from left) pictured with stylist Bettina Looney and actors Sheila Atim, Shalom Brune-Franklin, and Nicola Coughlan at the Emilia Wickstead show at London Fashion Week in September 2023.Dave Benett/Getty Images

In November 2021, Ivy Getty and photographer Tobias Engel had a lavish star-studded wedding ceremony.

Tobias Engel and Ivy Getty in Paris in July 2022.Victor Boyko/Getty Images

But just over two years later, she reportedly filed for divorce.

Ivy Getty and Tobias Engel in 2022.Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images

In 2021, Getty said she owned multiple properties: a penthouse in Lower Manhattan, which was partially designed by her grandmother, and an apartment in London.

Ivy Getty attends Paris Fashion Week 2021.Foc Kan/WireImage/Getty Images

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