When I was 17, I went to India for six weeks and had what, at the time, was a very challenging trip. You walk down the street and you see lepers and beggars, and there were several of us, a group of Americans. I remember we were just trying to park one night somewhere and people were just sleeping in the parking lot.

The couple's combined net worth is $900 million. Early life and education
Hughes grew up in Hickory North Carolina as the only child of Arlen "Ray" Hughes a paper salesman and Brenda Hughes a public-school teacher. Moritz Switzerland.

He is currently the publiChris Hughesr and editor-in-chief of The New Republic after purchasing the magazine in 2012.