Famous Millionaires Who Didn't Go To College
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Some of the wealthiest and most influential entrepreneurs in the world dropped out of college.
Famous millionaires who didn't go to college. Wed say thats a successful college dropout. The 15 Richest People Who Didnt Graduate From College. Warren Buffett Mo Ibrahim Mike Adenuga Oprah Winfrey George Soros John D.
Henry Ford billionaire founder of Ford Motor Company. He opened his first Wendys in 1969 and eventually turned it into a fast-food empire thanks in no small part to his role as charming mascot in a number of TV ads. These included Santa Monica City College Brooklyn College and the University of Texas in that order.
2010-11-29T230600Z The letter F. Parker never even went to college yet is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs. One of the worlds most recognizable billionaires Sir Richard Branson dropped out of school due to struggles with dyslexia and poor academic performance at 15 at which point his headmaster speculated hed either end up a millionaire or in jail.
He dropped out of college shortly after the death of his father and began to pursue his own interests which he succeeded quite well at being one of the wealthiest people in the world. He also dropped out of two colleges the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign then the University of Chicago before. In many cases a degree means.
As one of the most successful billionaires that didnt finish college David Geffen went on to create Asylum Records Geffen Records DGD Records and DreamWorks SKG. An image of a chain link. Richard Branson Founder of Virgin Group Richard Branson found it difficult to keep up with others in his class owing to his dyslexia and didnt even complete his secondary schooling.
Larry Ellison has one of the greatest rags-to-riches stories in history. This self-made American billionaire and an oil tycoon is estimated to have a net worth of 202 billion. He became a war hero and one of the most famous astronauts in history despite being a college dropout.
Zhou had a difficult upbringing losing her mother at an early age and seeing her father go blind. A college degree as many have found is no guarantee of a good career. Glenn attended Muskingum College where he studied science but when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor he dropped out in order to fight in World War II.
The richest black man in the world did not make the list because they possessed college degrees. Self-made millionaire James Altucher. Did not attend college.
Zhou dropped out of school at age 16 and began working on an assembly line in a factory. He is famous for developing the Bakken formation which goes all the way through North Dakota into Canada. While there are some billionaires who attended and dropped out of college there are others who didnt even bother to attend.
That man was John Glenn. She took accounting classes at night and saved up money. The Egyptian born billionaire and war.
It indicates the ability to send an email. However that didnt stop her from becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. On the flipside there are many successful entrepreneurs who didnt need their college education and become millionaires.
Rockefeller Sam Walton Jerry Yang and David Filo Anita Roddick Sergey Brin and Larry Page Jeff Bezos Pierre Omidyar Martha Stewart Henry Ross Perot and Aliko Dangote. Just like his wife Beyonce Jay-Z never went to college. Kaiser multimillionaire founder of Kaiser Aluminum.
Hes the co-founder of the music sharing service Napster and later served as Facebooks first president. Steve Jobs Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg all left college before they could collect their diplomas. Today he is one of the most renowned entrepreneurs in the corporate world with a net worth of US45 billion.
This is yet another billionaire who never bothered to get a college degree. This founder of Hobby Lobby -- a chain of arts and crafts stores -- has a high school diploma but passed on higher. Howard Hughes 15 Billion Howard Hughes is one of the most recognizable names when you talk about the wealthiest people in the US.
The founder and former CEO of Wendys didnt make it to college having left high school to work at the Hobby House Restaurant in Fort Wayne Indiana. David Green whose net worth is nearly 6 billion never went to college.