Biggest Businesses Run by College Dropouts

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 12 September 2011, 16:14 IST   |    6 Comments
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Bangalore: Ever wonder where the chief executives of some of the world's most successful companies went to college? Well, don't tell your kids, but some CEOs never graduated college?and some never even bothered to apply reports Kaitlyn Bigica for CNBC. These CEOs made it to the top without a college degree and defied the idea that to be successful you don't have to have a degree. Michael Dell:
The founder and CEO of Dell
The founder and CEO of Dell expanded his company with the idea that "technology is about enabling human potential." In 1992, he became the youngest chief executive to earn a ranking on Fortune magazine's "Fortune 500" list. His staff also grew from a one-man operation to 100,000 employees in just eight years. Today, the company provides information-technology services for global corporations, governments, health care providers, small and medium businesses, education institutions, and home computing users.

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