BANGALORE: At a very early age, our parents keep on reminding us about the importance of studies and how much important it is to achieve qualified degrees in our life.  Indeed, education is essential for every human being.

But do you know there are certain tech-entrepreneurs who have racked up billions of dollars without even completing their college degrees. As said by Bill Gates “I studied everything but never topped, But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees.”

Read yourself about the 10 successful tech-billionaires who never required college to achieve their goals in life as compiled by Business Insider.

(1) Bill Gates- Net worth $81 billion

Bill Gates is the former CEO and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company along with Paul Allen who went to the same high school as Gates. Bill Gates started college at Harvard in 1973, but dropped out two years later to found Microsoft. In 2007, Gates received an honorary degree from Harvard, where he gave the inaugural speech.

Gates continued to be Microsoft’s CEO until 2000 but then he relaxed on to chairman role. Presently, he serves as a technology advisor to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and he has shifted his focus on charity work at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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