| 100% | RKO | 3 | Studio once run by Howard Hughes |
| 72% | RKO | 3 | Film studio once owned by Howard Hughes |
| 61% | RKO | 3 | Studio taken over by Howard Hughes |
| 59% | TWA | 3 | Company once owned by Howard Hughes |
| 59% | TWA | 3 | Airline once owned by Howard Hughes |
| 59% | TWA | 3 | Carrier once owned by Howard Hughes |
| 57% | TWA | 3 | Co. once owned by Howard Hughes |
| 54% | RKOS | 4 | Old theaters once owned by Howard Hughes |
| 54% | TWA | 3 | Bygone carrier once led by Howard Hughes |
| 54% | TWA | 3 | Bygone airline once owned by Howard Hughes |
| 46% | TWA | 3 | Airline owned by Howard Hughes |
| 45% | RKO | 3 | Howard Hughes studio |
| 45% | TWA | 3 | Airline founded by Howard Hughes (abbr) |
| 45% | EASTERN | 7 | Airline once run by Eddie Rickenbacker |
| 45% | RKO | 3 | Howard Hughes property, once |
| 44% | EASTERNAIRLINES | 15 | Company once run by astronaut Frank Borman |
| 44% | YAHOO | 5 | Tech giant once run by Marissa Mayer |
| 44% | TWA | 3 | Howard Hughes once controlled it |
| 44% | TWA | 3 | Howard Hughes once owned it |
| 43% | BAIN | 4 | ___ Capital (investment firm once run by Mitt Romney) |
| 43% | MACMILLAN | 9 | Book publisher once run by a former Prime Minister |
| 42% | FBI | 3 | Organization that was once run by J. Edgar Hoover: Abbr. |
| 39% | SSR | 3 | Land in a Union run by Moscow, once: Abbr. |
| 39% | DNC | 3 | Organization once chaired by Howard Dean: Abbr. |
| 37% | EAL | 3 | Company, now defunct, once run by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker until 1963 (abbr.) |
| 37% | OPIE | 4 | Character once played by Ron Howard |
| 32% | TWA | 3 | Howard Hughes' airline |
| 32% | RECOUNT | 7 | Run by again |
| 32% | ONAUTO | 6 | Running by itself |
| 32% | RKO | 3 | Howard Hughes acquired it |