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

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Howard Hughes Jr.

With the death of his father, Sonny Hughes made the transition from boy to man with the instinct of a survivor and the sorrow of an orphan. With a heretofore unrecognized brilliance, he announced his intention to pay his relatives for their share of the Hughes two company. They accepted Howard's offer of cash in exchange for a company they had no chance of running in any case. In 1924, Hughes's tool company became Howard's and its totality.

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