Self-Made Score
9
Philanthropy Score
4
Citizenship
United States
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern California
Did you know
A lover of thoroughbred horse racing, Hughes had nine Kentucky Derby champions -- two of them Triple Crown winners -- standing at stud at his Spendthrift Farm.
Hughes was an usher at O.J. Simpson's wedding to Nicole Brown.

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