Weird as he was, I have far greater respect for Howard Hughes than for a guy like Buffett. No comparison in terms of being a man.
Howard Hughes made vast contributions to or redefined several industries in his lifetime - movies, airlines, airplane building, marine submersion, satellites, casinos and real estate, financing of medical research - and lost and made fortunes in the process.
Buffett was only concerned about making a fortune, and sheltering it from government taxes while preaching to all that same taxes must be paid by them.
While I admire Buffett’s “value investing” acumen, Hughes was not a hypocrite, Buffett is a hypocrite of the first order.