5 Underdogs Who Turned Into Tech Icons


Bangalore: Steve Jobs is a legend in tech world, who understood our wants before we knew it. He revolutionized consumer electronics.

People are in awe of Larry Ellison’s grit and determination that turned Oracle into a multibillion dollar company which was founded with mere $2000 as an investment.

Both have one thing in common— they were underdogs. The skewed financial support made them to drop out of college since they couldn’t afford it. They are other such stories equally captivating where the underdogs made it big. They went beyond something that even the success cannot measure. They went on to found or steer the companies that turned out to be super hits.

Read on to know 5 underdogs who turned into tech icons as compiled by Mashable.

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