Top 3 richest people who who never went to college
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs caps off the list, even though his net
worth, at $8.3 billion, is not the highest. The late
Apple ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) co-founder attended Reed
College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after
six months. He initially became a video game
designer with Atari in 1974, but left soon after to
travel to India. In 1976, at age 21, he started Apple
Computers with Steve Wozniak in his garage. The
two went on to revolutionize the computer
industry by making the machines smaller, cheaper,
and more accessible. Jobs resigned as CEO of
Apple in 1985 but returned in 1997, putting the
company back on track after many major fallouts.
He died in October 2011 following respiratory
arrest related to his pancreatic tumor.
Bill Gates
Known as the world’s most generous man, Bill
Gates, and his business partner, Paul Allen, built
the world’s largest software business, Microsoft
Corp ( NASDAQ:MSFT ). Gates enrolled in Harvard
University but dropped out after two years when
he and Allen eventually began developing software
for Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry System.
In 1975, the boys formed a partnership they called
“Micro-Soft.”
Mark Zuckerberg
At the ripe age of 29, Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB )
Mark Zuckerberg has a net worth of $13.3 billion.
Not bad for a twentysomething. He launched the
social network in his dorm room at Harvard
University with his college roommates, but
dropped out after sophomore year in June 2004 to
pursue his business venture. By the end of the
year, Facebook had over 1 million users. Venture
capital firm Accel Partners invested in Facebook in
2005, giving the site a major boost. Facebook was
the most visited site in 2012, as well as 2011, and
2010. Time Magazine named the young
entrepreneur “Person of the Year” in 2011.
By Patrick capella®©
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