1. Dropped Out: Paul Allen attended Washington State University for just two years before dropping out.
Accomplishments: Allen co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with Bill Gates, who he convinced to drop out of Harvard. In addition to his stake in Microsoft, Allen owns a dozen professional sports teams, seemingly endless tracts of real estate, and has stakes in dozens of technology and media companies such as Dreamworks Studios.
2. Dropped Out: Richard Branson left school when he was only 16.
Accomplishments: Branson has built his brand Virgin—which includes Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and hundreds of other companies—into an international powerhouse that has driven his personal wealth into the billions.
3. Dropped Out: Michael Dell started a computer company called PCs Limited while attending the University of Texas at Austin. He dropped out of school to operate it.
Accomplishments: Dell’s company was later renamed Dell, Inc., which reported revenues of over $61.4 billion last year.
4. Dropped Out: Larry Ellison is a two-time drop out. He went to both the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago. But he never got a degree.
Accomplishments: Ellison put up $2,000 in 1977 to start what would become Oracle Corporation, the world’s second-largest software company.
5.Dropped Out: David Geffen never attended college.
Accomplishments: Geffen is known as Hollywood’s richest man. He founded Asylum Records and Geffen Records, and later built DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg.
6. Dropped Out: Stanley Ho left college after just a few years.
Accomplishments: Known as “The King of Gambling,” How is responsible for almost 1/3 of Macau’s GDP.
7. Dropped Out: Mike Hudack left high school and never attended college
Accomplishments: Hudack is the founder and CEO of blip.tv, a hosting platform for creators of digital video content. Blip is now backed by venture capital, including Bain Capital Ventures.
8. Dropped Out: Steve Jobs attended college for just one semester.
Accomplishments: He’s the founder and CEO of Apple Inc. He became Disney’s largest shareholder after selling it Pixar. Fortune has described Jobs as America’s most powerful businessman.
9. Dropped Out: David Karp dropped out of the elite Bronx High School of Science when he was 15. After two more years of homeschooling, he moved to Tokyo.
Accomplishments: Karp went on to found Tumblr, the blog hosting and social network company.
10. Dropped Out: Ralph Lauren studied business for two years at Baruch College before dropping out.
Accomplishments: He founded Polo Ralph Lauren. He’s why you have the pony on your shirt.
11. Dropped Out: Kirk Kerkorian dropped out of school in the 8th grade.
Accomplishments: Kerkorian has been one of the most important shapers of Las Vegas, and currently has a large stake in some of the most hotels in Vegas: Bellagio, Excaliber, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, New York-New York, Circus Circus, and The Mirage. He’s said to be the richest man in Los Angeles, with a personal fortune of $16 billion.
12. Dropped Out: Kevin Rose dropped out of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1998.
Accomplishments: Rose used money planned for a downpayment on a house with his (now ex) girlfriend to start the website Digg. He graced the cover of BusinessWeek in 2006 with the headline "How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months.
And the last one ....
Dropped Out: Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard after starting a social networking site in his dorm room in 2004.
Accomplishments: The social networking site he founded is Facebook. In 2008 Forbes valued his net worth at $1.5 billion, though reports say he may have to scrape by with only $1 billion for 2009.
Accomplishments: Allen co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with Bill Gates, who he convinced to drop out of Harvard. In addition to his stake in Microsoft, Allen owns a dozen professional sports teams, seemingly endless tracts of real estate, and has stakes in dozens of technology and media companies such as Dreamworks Studios.
2. Dropped Out: Richard Branson left school when he was only 16.
Accomplishments: Branson has built his brand Virgin—which includes Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and hundreds of other companies—into an international powerhouse that has driven his personal wealth into the billions.
3. Dropped Out: Michael Dell started a computer company called PCs Limited while attending the University of Texas at Austin. He dropped out of school to operate it.
Accomplishments: Dell’s company was later renamed Dell, Inc., which reported revenues of over $61.4 billion last year.
4. Dropped Out: Larry Ellison is a two-time drop out. He went to both the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago. But he never got a degree.
Accomplishments: Ellison put up $2,000 in 1977 to start what would become Oracle Corporation, the world’s second-largest software company.
5.Dropped Out: David Geffen never attended college.
Accomplishments: Geffen is known as Hollywood’s richest man. He founded Asylum Records and Geffen Records, and later built DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg.
6. Dropped Out: Stanley Ho left college after just a few years.
Accomplishments: Known as “The King of Gambling,” How is responsible for almost 1/3 of Macau’s GDP.
7. Dropped Out: Mike Hudack left high school and never attended college
Accomplishments: Hudack is the founder and CEO of blip.tv, a hosting platform for creators of digital video content. Blip is now backed by venture capital, including Bain Capital Ventures.
8. Dropped Out: Steve Jobs attended college for just one semester.
Accomplishments: He’s the founder and CEO of Apple Inc. He became Disney’s largest shareholder after selling it Pixar. Fortune has described Jobs as America’s most powerful businessman.
9. Dropped Out: David Karp dropped out of the elite Bronx High School of Science when he was 15. After two more years of homeschooling, he moved to Tokyo.
Accomplishments: Karp went on to found Tumblr, the blog hosting and social network company.
10. Dropped Out: Ralph Lauren studied business for two years at Baruch College before dropping out.
Accomplishments: He founded Polo Ralph Lauren. He’s why you have the pony on your shirt.
11. Dropped Out: Kirk Kerkorian dropped out of school in the 8th grade.
Accomplishments: Kerkorian has been one of the most important shapers of Las Vegas, and currently has a large stake in some of the most hotels in Vegas: Bellagio, Excaliber, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, New York-New York, Circus Circus, and The Mirage. He’s said to be the richest man in Los Angeles, with a personal fortune of $16 billion.
12. Dropped Out: Kevin Rose dropped out of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1998.
Accomplishments: Rose used money planned for a downpayment on a house with his (now ex) girlfriend to start the website Digg. He graced the cover of BusinessWeek in 2006 with the headline "How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months.
And the last one ....
Dropped Out: Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard after starting a social networking site in his dorm room in 2004.
Accomplishments: The social networking site he founded is Facebook. In 2008 Forbes valued his net worth at $1.5 billion, though reports say he may have to scrape by with only $1 billion for 2009.
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