H. L. Hunt

Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, Jr. born on February 17, 1889 in Carson Township, Illinois, United States - died November 29, 1974 in Dallas, Texas, was an American oil tycoon.

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Better known as H. L. Hunt, he was born in Illinois, the youngest of eight children. His father, also named Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, was a prosperous farmer-entrepreneur; his mother was Ella Rose (Myers) Hunt.

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He was educated at home, and as a teenager travelled to various places before settling in Arkansas, where he was running a cotton plantation by 1912. He ended up making a fortune in the oil business and was reportedly the world's first billionaire.

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