Once Bill Gates talked about how Mark Zuckerberg and he have a few things in common. "We both dropped out of Harvard.", Mr. Gates said. "I actually even gave a lecture at Harvard that said, if you have a great idea, don't worry about dropping out and he attended that lecture. So it is a funny connection there."Here's a look at 8 very successful dropouts.
Here are some of the photos of Billionaire college dropouts.
A businessman, designer and inventor. Steve Jobs is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple.Net worth at the time of his death: $8.3 billion
Mark Zuckerberg wrote a program called Facemash in his dorm room at Harvard, that went on to be known as Facebook, the world's largest and most popular social networking site today. Zucker berg dropped out of Harvard University and moved to Palo Alto with Dustin Moskovitz to officially start Facebook.Net Worth: $17.5 billion
Ranked as the world's youngest self-made billionaire, Moskovitz attended Harvard University as an economics major for two years and dropped out to work full time on Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg.Net worth: $3.5 billion
Chairman and CEO of Dell, Michael Dell became the youngest CEO at the age of 27 to have his company ranked in the Fortune 500 list.Net worth: $15.9 billion
Larry Ellison dropped out of the University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign due to the demise of his adoptive mother. He is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle.Net worth: $36 billion
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