DISCLAIMER: Even though a lot of successful entrepreneurs are college dropouts, the converse is not always true.
#1 - Bill Gates
Net Worth: US $59 B | Dropped Out At: 18 | Alma Mater: Harvard
No list about college dropouts is complete without adding the Big Kahuna - Bill Gates. Though not as charismatic and personality cult-ish as Steve Jobs, Bill is arguably the most successful college dropout till date.
#2 - Steve Jobs ( R.I.P )
Net Worth: US $8.3 B | Dropped Out At: 17 | Alma Mater: Reed College
If Bill is in a list, Steve can’t be farther away!
Even though Steve is nowhere near the other personalities in our list in terms of net worth, he’s by far the most charismatic entrepreneur so far.
Steve’s not around, but he continues to inspire many, myself included.
#3 - Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: US $17.5 B | Dropped Out At: 21 | Alma Mater: Harvard
The legendary founder of Facebook who has now become a household name thanks to the movie - The Social Network is number three in our list.
He is the youngest billionaire ever, and is also very quickly catching up with Bill Gates at the top spot.
#4 - Larry Ellison
Net Worth: US $33 B | Dropped Out At: 20 | Alma Mater: University Of Illinois
Larry runs the hugely successful database company Oracle. He’s also one of the richest people in the planet with a net worth exceeding thirty three billion dollars.
A little know secret about Larry is that he actually has three spouses - he sure knows how to live life large :)
#5 - Michael Dell
Net Worth: US $17.5 B | Dropped Out At: 21 | Alma Mater: Harvard
Considering the fact that I’m writing this article on a Dell laptop, it would be an understatement to say that Michael Dell has succeeded in his mission.
A fact that is not known to many is that he’s a college dropout that went on to create one of the most iconic computer companies in the planet.
#6 - Ted Turner
Net Worth: US $17.5 B | Dropped Out At: 20 | Alma Mater: Brown University
Many of us have grown up watching Ted Turner’s CNN, without realizing that Ted was actually expelled from Brown University for having a female in his dorm room.
Brown University later gave him a honorary BA after he started CNN.
#7 - David Geffen
Net Worth: US $4.6 B | Dropped Out At: 20 | Alma Mater:Santa Monica City College
David Geffen is a world renowned record label and movie producer who is also one of the founders of Dreamworks.
David was part of not one but three Universities and dropped out of all of them.
Do you think you have it in you to become the next big business success?
