Drop-Outs To Billionaires: Tale Of 10 Exceptional Personalities


2. Mark Zuckerberg
Company: Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg who founded Facebook in 2004 is also a drop-out from Harvard University. He left the college just after attending it for a year to build a social networking site. In an Interview with Forbes, Zuckerberg said that he was highly inspired by Gates, as he was also a drop-out from Harvard University and was the founder of leading software company, Microsoft. In the list of wealthiest people in the world, Zuckerberg is ranked at No.42 with a net worth of $16.8 billion.

3. Lawrence Ellison
Company: Oracle

Lawrence Ellison is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle, which is an enterprise software company. Ellison’s career took a different turn when he his adoptive mother died.  He had to leave the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after completing two years. But, today Ellison is the third-wealthiest man in America with the net worth of $43 billion.

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