Red Adair (1915–2004), offshore oil field firefighter Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001), businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics Michael Dell (b. 1965), founder of Dell Inc. Tom Ford (b. 1961), fashion designer, former chief director of Gucci Pattillo Higgins (1863-1955), oil pioneer and businessman, known as the "Prophet of Spindletop" Howard Hughes (1905–1976), Aviator, filmaker, eccentric billionaire John Henry Kirby (1860-1940), businessman, founder of the Kirby Petroleum Company William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926), banker, philanthropist Ross Perot (b. 1930), entrepreneur, founder of EDS & Perot Systems, and 1992 U.S. Presidential
candidate Tex Thornton (1913–1981), founder of Litton Industries |
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