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#59 Howard Hughes: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire

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Howard Hughes Tool Company in the 1940s

In the 1940s, Howard Hughes became one of the most famous people on the planet. His business fortunes improved enormously with the outbreak of World War II in Europe. At 36 years old, he dedicated himself to proving the D2 was the plane of the future. He worked 48 hours straight without sleeping or eating before sending his young star back to her parents and then attempting to edit an outlaw film. It would become his Bane.

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