5 Most Eccentric Billionaires in the World

No. 2: Howard Hughes

Few people in history can top the late Howard Hughes in terms of eccentricity. Heir of an oil drilling company, Hughes tried his hand as several ventures. He invested in Hollywood movies, he worked as a designer, an aviation pioneer, and even as a test pilot. Following a crash in the Beverly Hills, Hughes’ eccentricities took a whole new meaning. The billionaire slowly isolated himself from reality, by spending months in dark rooms urinating in bottles, so as to avoid all human contact. When his demands became too much for the owners of the hotels he was spending his time in, he purchased the buildings. When he died, his body was so untidy and disheveled that fingerprints were needed in order to establish his identity.