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College Dropouts Who Became Billionaires | College Dropout Billionaires | NYOOOZ TV

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Bill Gates

Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates joined Harvard University in 1973 and attended college for two years before leaving to form his company with childhood friend Paul Allen, who is also a dropout billionaire. Bill Gates is currently the world's second richest person with a net worth of $90.3 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard University to study psychology and computer science but left the college in the first year itself. Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dormitory room initially only for Harvard students. Zuckerberg is now the world's 7th richest person with a fortune of $64 billion.

Michael Dell

Dell Founder Michael Dell enrolled as a biology major at University of Texas but dropped out of college at 19. He went on to form his company Dell Technologies. He is now the world's 42nd richest person with a net worth of $20.9 billion.

Steve Jobs

Billionaire Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed College in Portland after attending just one semester, reportedly because it was too much of a financial burden for his family. He eventually founded companies including Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar. Steve Jobs died at the age of 56 on October 5, 2011.

Travis Kalanick

Uber Co-founder Travis Kalanick studied computer engineering at University of California, Los Angeles. Kalanick decided to quit college just months before graduating to work for now-defunct search engine Scour. Kalanick now has a net worth of $4.17 billion.

Jan Koum
Immigrant entrepreneur Jan Koum worked his way through college only to quit before graduating. He would go on to work for Yahoo, and then to invent the incredibly popular messaging application WhatsApp.


Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is the Co-founder of Oracle and he dropped out from the University of Illinois in 1963. He then spent a single term at University of Chicago before dropping out again and moving to California in 1964. He later founded the company that would become Oracle in 1977. Larry now has a net worth of $50.8 billion.

Evan Williams
Evan Williams attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for three semesters before dropping out. Williams was a freelance software programmer for Hewlett-Packard and Intel before landing a gig at Google. He later quit his job at Google to build Twitter, and became a billionaire.



Mukesh Ambani
A college dropout who went on to become the richest man in the country and among the top billionaires in the world. The Reliance Industries Chief, dropped out of his MBA course in Stanford to carry forward his family legacy. The business tycoon’s net worth is $31.3 billion.

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