have you come across a real life roark(hero of fountainhead)?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, Rand is a philosopher and created each of her heroes to embody her philosophy to the fullest extent. The problem with that is that with philosophies, no one can fulfill all of the tenets. Roark is uncompromisingly an "objectivist". People have faults, and Roark lacks them, making him perfect. It is a novel and should be treated as such. As with all philosophies, you can stive towards that perfection, but it isn't possible to achieve it. I love Roark, but because he is so perfect, I can't relate to him. I'm so much more a fan of Domonique because she does have some weakness--she is human.

Answer 2

The problem is that Roark is a Hollywood hero, very one dimensional, made attractive by careful writing of a woman trained in the movie industry and developing a philosophy of "Selfishness" that depends on personal integrity, but she failed in holding her own philosophy, making promises she did not have to make then failing to carry them out. All of her books are extremely tempting - I read Atlas Shrugged shortly after it first came out, but my father held it off until I had finished exams because of the likelihood I would read it straight through - but fail in the details of experience.