But life has its own ways.
Born and raised in a Chicago household where displays of love and affection were limited, Hugh gradually came out of his tight, highly-constrained shell and discovered the joys of arts and of course, women. Right after high school – where Hugh excelled in things like drawing animation, journalism and student governance – he joined the U.S. Army as a military newspaper writer before being honorably discharged. He went on to attend school in the University of Illinois where he graduated with a degree in creative writing. Hugh worked at Esquire as a copywriter for three years but left after he was denied a 5-dollar raise, with a goal to start a publication he can call his own.
After mortgaging his furniture and raising $8,000 from investors, Hugh launched Playboy, a contemporary magazine that focuses on the intimate connection between the male and female as seen in male’s perspective. Business went big, and soon enough, Hugh became one of the world’s most famous magazine editors, opened his chain of exclusive nightclubs and launched his own television show, making him one of the wealthiest, most controversial men in the entire world.