The family moved around as Howard Sr. Then, in , he patented a new kind of drill bit that could bore through solid rock. Together with his business partner, Walter Sharp, Howard Sr. Without that fortune who knows what Howard Hughes would have done with his life. He was shy to the point of being antisocial, disinterested in school and deeply attached to his mother. His father sent him to a series of boarding schools in which he failed to distinguish himself.
He did, however, show an early aptitude for tinkering. Doorbell components , for instance, became a working radio under his ministrations. And when his mother refused to buy him a motorcycle, he motorized a bicycle instead. Then, his mother and father abruptly died, leaving him a grief-stricken and fabulously wealthy orphan at the age of In lieu of friends, young Howard Jr.
He loved them so much he decided to make them and thanks to his fortune he could. He began by producing a stinker called "Swell Hogan" that bombed. It was a World War I epic full of aerial combat scenes hence the expense , and Hughes himself piloted one of the planes. He would go on to produce films like 's "Scarface," based on the life of Al Capone, and "The Outlaw," which starred a young Jane Russell.
Here, once again, his tendency to micromanage production manifested itself when he designed a specialized bra for Russell whose assets were not, in his opinion, being sufficiently optimized. Russell refused to wear the contraption, but the film was another huge success nonetheless. He kept his hand in the production of films, even going so far as to become the first single owner of a Hollywood studio when he bought RKO Pictures.
But he now began turning his attention to his other great love — airplanes. In addition to building the above-mentioned mammoth seaplane nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" because it was constructed from wood and besides setting the round-the-world speed record in , he also bought an airline: TWA.
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We look forward to the opportunity to serve you. The oil man Hughes? Howard Robert Hughes, father of the famous and notably eccentric business tycoon Howard Robert Hughes Jr , was the founder of Hughes Tool Company and the inventor of a drill bit that dramatically improved oil drilling. So yes while Howard Hughes Jr has earned his fame and rightfully so , let's not forget that his rise to billionaire status was greatly helped along by his father's worth and legacy.
Without Howard Hughes, we'd likely have had no Howard Hughes at least not as we know him today. Hughes Sr. He was educated at the Missouri Military Academy and briefly attended Harvard before dropping out after only a year.
Though he never graduated, he passed the Supreme Court examination and briefly practiced with his father in Keokuk, Iowa, before abandoning the profession:. I decided to search for my fortune under the surface of the earth.
Howard Hughes Sr. A true entrepreneur, Hughes engaged in a variety of business practices most of them in mining before eventually capitalizing on the Spindletop oil discovery in Beaumont, Texas, January Regardless of what his father Judge Felix Moner Hughes thought of his abandonment of law and his perusal of business in Texas, it ultimately ended up being a winning move for Howard Hughes, his family, and the future of the Hughes legacy.
There'd always been oil under Texas, well before Texas was, well, Texas. There has also been suspicions that there might be oil specifically under Spindletop Hill.
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