Jobs spent just six months at Reed college before the tuition costs were too much for his parents to cover. He went on to found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar. Since Jobs has died, we can’t say how much he is worth but EliteDaily.com estimates Apple to be worth $620 billion.
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The son of a school teacher, Bill Gates ironically dropped out of Harvard University two years into his college education. He left school to found Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen.
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As you might remember from the movie “The Social Network,” it was challenges of life in college that spurred Zuckerberg’s concept for Facebook. In his sophomore year at Harvard University, he dropped out to work on the social media platform full time.
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When Michael Dell was attending the University of Texas, he was making money building and selling computers to fellow students. Eventually, Dell found clients outside the university. They had more money than college students and he dropped out to pursue his business full time.
Source: Biography.com
The Beanie Baby mogul and owner of several boutique hotels and properties attended Kalamazoo College for just one year before dropping out to become a full-fledged businessman.
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You’ll be familiar with his company — Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Jack Taylor dropped out of college to join the Navy but eventually became a sales manager for a Cadillac distributor and from there he founded Enterprise.
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Sheldon Adelson is the CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent company of the Venetian Hotel. One of the top 20 richest billionaires in the world, Adelson is a college dropout from City College of New York.
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Amancio Ortega founded the clothing company Zara clothing. Ortega dropped out of school at age 13 and now he’s a billionaire. He sold shirts in a store, went on to sell his own line of bathrobes and finally sold his wife’s designs in a store that would become the first Zara location.
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Kirk Kerkorian dropped out of school when he was in the eighth grade. That didn’t stop him from becoming a billionaire. He went on to be one of the owners of MGM for a while and is still a Las Vegas real estate magnate.
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Geffen is an American music producer and the founder of Asylum Records. Geffen dropped out of college and got a job as an usher at CBS Television City before taking a job in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency and finally becoming an agent.
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