Biography of howard hughes
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Howard Hughes
Who Was Howard Hughes?
Howard Hughes was an aviator and film director who inherited his family's successful oil tool business and began investing in films. He produced several films, including the hit Hell's Angels.
He is largely known for being one of the wealthiest men and one of the most famous recluses, but Hughes had many professional accomplishments before withdrawing from public life.
Film and Flight
Born on December 24, , in Houston, Texas, Hughes was the son of a successful oil-drill tool manufacturer and inherited the family business in at the age of He used some of his fortune to finance films, beginning in He produced several movies, including the World War I epic Hell's Angels (), which featured expensive aerial fight sequences and a then-unknown actress named Jean Harlow. Some of his other significant films were Scarface () and The Outlaw (). During his days in Hollywood, Hughes developed a reputation for being a playboy, dating such a
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
Hughes was not a self-made man. He inherited, at the young age of 18, his father's immensely successful business Hughes Tool Company. Both of Hughes' parents died suddenly when he was a teenager, and this had a profound effect on his life. Not only because he came into vast wealth so quickly, but because he was very much a mot
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Howard Hughes
American aerospace engineer and business magnate (–)
This article is about the American businessman and film producer. For other people, see Howard Hughes (disambiguation).
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Born | Howard Robard Hughes Jr. ()December 24, Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Died | April 5, () (aged70) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Resting place | Glenwood Cemetery |
Almamater | California Institute of Technology Rice University (dropped out in )[1] |
Occupation(s) | Aerospace engineer, business magnate, bio producer, investor, philanthropist, pilot |
Yearsactive | – |
Title | Chairman and CEO of Summa Corporation Founder of The Howard Hughes Corporation Founder of the Hughes Aircraft Company Founder and benefactor of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Owner of Hughes Airwest Airlines |
Board memberof | Hughes Aircraft Company Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Spouses | Ella Botts Rice (m.; div.)& |