Howard R. Hughes, Sr.

Howard Robard Hughes, Sr. , was an American businessman and a founder of Hughes Tool Company. He patented the SharpHughes Patent Rotary Rock Drill Bit during the Texas Oil Boom. He is best known as the father of Howard Hughes, the famous American business tycoon.

Howard Robard Hughes, Sr., was born on September 9, 1869, in Lancaster, Missouri, to Judge Felix Moner and Jean Amelia Hughes . Hughes older sister Greta, better known by her stage name Jeanne Greta, was a grand opera and concert singer. His younger brother, Rupert, was the famed novelist and screenwriter. Another brother, Felix, Jr., was a baritone opera singer. Hughes was a classic entrepreneur, trying and failing at many things before eventually finding success. After spending his childhood and early adulthood in Keokuk, Iowa, he lived in various places such as New York City Denver, Colorado Joplin, Missouri and Beaumont, Texas before finally settling in Houston .

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