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10 Wildly Successful Entrepreneurs who Made It Big without a College Degree

Aug 12, 2016, 16:11 IST

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Self-learning has been a trend among entrepreneurs. The list of billionaire dropouts is long. Half-way through, Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard to start Facebook. Michael Dell dropped out after his first year at University of Texas. Larry Ellison dropped out after his mother died and Bill Gates lasted only three years at Harvard.

Not everybody who drops out of college starts an amazing company the next day. Steve Jobs dropped out as college was too expensive.
Really, if the decision to drop out or not boils down to economics, you need is comparing the company’s numbers with what you could do with the money you might be spending on tuition.

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Here is a list of entrepreneurs who dropped out of college:

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