TOP 38 BILLIONAIRES WHO DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL **************************** Do you feel dejected or left behind by your peers because you don’t have a university degree? Do you see your supposed illiteracy as a limitation to achieving your dreams? Or are you in the group that thinks education is the ultimate yardstick for success? If any of these questions best describes you, then please read on. 1. Mark Zuckerberg: The youngest billionaire in the world, dropped out of Harvard to promote his social networking platform; Facebook. As at 2010, he was 23 years and worth $4billion 2. Bill Gates: He is the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, the world largest software company. Dropped out of Harvard to focus on building Microsoft. 3. Steve Jobs: Billionaire co-founder of Apple Inc and Pixar; dropped out of Reed College to start Apple 4. Michael Dell: He dropped out of college at the age of 19 to start PC’s Limited; later renamed Dell Computers Inc. Dell became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world making Michael Dell a billionaire. 5. Giorgio Armani: Billionaire founder of the fashion brand; Giorgio Armani S.P.A. Dropped out of medical school at the University of Bologna because he couldn’t stand the sight of blood 6. Ted Turner: Billionaire drop out media mogul and founder of CNN; pledged a billion dollars to the United Nation. 7, Lawrence J. Ellison: Larry Ellison dropped out of college twice and was told by his adoptive father that he would never amount to anything but he went on to become a billionaire by building Oracle, the world’s second largest software company. 8. Richard Branson: . His companies include the famous Virgin Atlantic Airways. 9. Walt Disney, founder of the Walt Disney Company. Dropped out of high school at 16 10. Ray Kroc: founder of McDonald’s. Dropped out of high school. 11. Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam records 12. Michael Dell: He dropped out of college at the age of 19 to start PC’s Limited; later renamed Dell Computers Inc. Dell became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world making Michael Dell a billionaire. 13. Cosmos Maduka: Nigerian Elementary school drop out and billionaire founder of the Coscharis Group. 14. Thomas Edison; inventor of the lightbulb, phonograph, and more. 15. Mary Kay Ash; founder of Mary Kay Inc. Did not attend college. 16. John D. Rockefeller Sr., billionaire founder of Standard Oil. Dropped out of high school just two months before graduating, 17. Theodore Waitt, billionaire founder of Gateway Computers 18. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, billionaire. Did not complete college. 19. Orji Uzor Kalu: He is one of the richest men on the soil of Africa. This young billionaire was rusticated from college for his participation in a student’s protest. Though he was later pardoned by the school authorities, he rejected the amnesty offer thereby refusing to return to school 20. Andrew Carnegie: industrialist and philanthropist, and one of the first mega-billionaires in the US. Elementary school dropout. 21. Jerry Yang;co-founder of Yahoo! Dropped out of PhD program. 22Barbara Lynch, chef, owner of a group of restaurants, worth over $10 million, in Boston. Dropped out of high school. 23Barry Diller, billionaire, Hollywood mogul, Internet maven, founder of Fox Broadcasting Company, chairman of IAC/InterActive Corp (owner of Ask), 24 Carl Lindner, billionaire investor, founder of United Dairy Farmers. Dropped out of high school at the age of 14. 25 Charles Culpeper, owner and CEO of Coca Cola. Dropped out of high school 26 Coco Chanel, founder of fashion brand Chanel. A perfume bearing her name, Chanel No. 5 kept her name famous. 27Colonel Harlan Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Dropped out of elementary school, later earned law degree by correspondence. 28 Craig McCaw, billionaire founder of McCaw Cellular. Did not complete college. 29Dave Thomas, billionaire founder of Wendy’s. Dropped out of high school at 15. 30 David Geffen, billionaire founder of Geffen Records and co-founder of DreamWorks. Dropped out of college after completing one year. 31 David Green, billionaire founder of Hobby Lobby. Started the Hobby Lobby chain with only $600. High school graduate. 32 David Karp, founder of Tumblr. Dropped out of school at 15, then homeschooled. Did not attend college. 33 David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue airlines. Dropped out of college after three years. 34 Dustin Moskovitz, multi-millionaire co-founder of Facebook. Harvard dropout. 35 Frederick “Freddy” Laker, billionaire airline entrepreneur. High school dropout. 36 Frederick Henry Royce, auto designer, multimillionaire co-founder of Rolls-Royce. Dropped out of elementary school. 37 George Eastman, multimillionaire inventor, Kodak founder. Dropped out of high school. 38 Henry Ford, billionaire founder of Ford Motor Company. Did not attend college. NOW YOU SEE!..... YOU TOO CAN ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:01:58 +0000
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