Drop-Outs To Billionaires: Tale Of 10 Exceptional Personalities

8. Amancio Ortega
Company: Inditex

With the net worth of $31 billion, Ortega is one of the richest people in Spain. He is the founder of biggest fashion store “Zara”. Ortega started this company back in 1975 with producing and selling affordable garments.

At the age of 14 Ortega left his school and joined an every day job mom-and-pop shirt stores. Probably he never knew that one day he would be the most adored fashion designer.

9. Sheldon Adelson
Company: Las Vegas Sands

Sheldon Adelson is an American business magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. Though he was born and raised in a lower class family, his ambitions were big. As he was pursuing graduation in finance and real estate from City College in New York, he showed little interest in it and dropped his studies right there. Today, Adelson is one of the richest people in the world with an estimated net worth of $34.4 billion.

10. Li Ka Shing
Company: Hutchinson Whampoa

Li Ka Shing dropped his studies at the age of 15 and started his business with selling watches.  Today, he is the world’s largest operator of container terminals, world’s largest health and beauty retailer, a major supplier of electricity to Hong Kong and a real estate developer.

Hutchinson Whampoa has operations in 50 countries with more than 220,000 staff worldwide; it is one of the largest conglomerates in Hong Kong.

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