COLLEGE DROUPOUTS…….. . STAR IT IF U LIKE?
College Drop Outs:
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Are college dropouts more successful than people with good education? It would seem so if you consider that many billionaires are people who dumped college. However, what this hides is the fact that although millions quit studies before completing them, very few of them go on to become rich.
What the list of the super-rich dropouts signifies is that in business, a top degree is not as important as having the right aptitude, attitude, determination and vision.
Here are some dropouts who went on to become billionaires:
1. Bill Gates & William Henry Gates III
(1955-), along with Paul Allen, co-founded Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest software maker. Bill Gates, the wealthiest person in the world with an estimated net worth of
$480 crores (Rs 211,200 crore!),
is probably the best-known college dropout.
Gates attended an exclusive prep school in Seattle, went on to study at Harvard University, then dropped out to pursue software development. As students in the mid-70s, he and Paul Allen wrote the original Altair BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800, the first commercially successful PC. In 1975, Micro-Soft – later Microsoft Corporation – was born. Three decades on, Gates has been Number One on the Forbes 400 for over a dozen years.
2. Lawrence Joseph Ellison (1944-)
, co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, founded his company in 1977 with a sum of $2,000. Once a school dropout, he is now, according to
Forbes , one of the richest people in America with a net worth of around $184 crores. The figure also makes him the ninth richest in the world.
3. Dhirubhai Ambani—-(1932-2002)
was born into the family of a schoolteacher. It was a family of modest means. When he turned 16, Dhirubhai moved to Aden, working first as a gas-station attendant, then as a clerk in an oil company.
He returned to India at 26, starting a business with a meagre capital of $375. By the time of his demise, his company – Reliance Industries Ltd – had grown to become an empire, with an estimated annual turnover of $120 crores!
Dhirubhai was, in his lifetime, conferred the
Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century Award
by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. A
Times of India
poll in the year 2000 also voted him one of the biggest creators of wealth in this century.
4. Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (1955-) and Apple Computer are names that have long gone together.
Born in the United States to an unknown Egyptian-Arab father, Jobs was adopted soon after birth. After graduating high school, he enrolled in Reed College, dropping out after one semester.
In 1976, 21-year-old Jobs and 26-year old Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer Co. in the family garage. Jobs revolutionised the industry by popularising the concept of home computers.
By 1984, the Macintosh was introduced. He had an influential role in the building of the World-Wide Web, and also happens to be Chairman and CEO of Pixar Animation Studios.
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MORAL OF THE STORY:-
we have wasted our time
yes, but that all is a rare case when they drop out be successful! im in college now plan n being for a while. im not going to gamble dropping out because becoming successful is a rare case.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:03 am
yes, but that all is a rare case when they drop out be successful! im in college now plan n being for a while. im not going to gamble dropping out because becoming successful is a rare case.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 8:19 am
depends on what u want to do in ur life.
if ur more towards the art/designer area, i say bachelor’s enough.
if ur a fashion designer and if u have the connections, then u dont need to go to school.
but if u want to do anything else…. school is a must.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 am
Are you drop out. We have not heard your name. Read Vibrant Rose in hub pages.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 9:47 am
using that logic maybe we should all go marry some super-rich super-old guy. i mean it worked for u kno who
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December 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 am
Its a good piece.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 10:27 am
good one
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December 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
Nice one
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December 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 am
except for the fact that they are all losers!
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