Biggest Businesses Run by College Dropouts

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 12 September 2011, 17:08 IST   |    6 Comments
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Paul Allen:
Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft
Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, his childhood friend, is another chief executive who never got a college degree. According to Allen's memoir, "Idea Man," Allen was inspired to write a coding language when he saw the Altair 8800 computer on the cover of a Popular Electronics magazine. Today, Allen has a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio, which includes multiple technology and media companies, along with a major real estate redevelopment in Seattle.