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Epic 10 List
Here are 10 SUCCESSFUL Business People Who Dropped Out of School
Number 10 Simon Cowell who is well known for his participation on American Idol dropped
out of school at the young age of 16.
Number 9 Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to focus more on Microsoft. He’s a billionaire.
Number 8 Walt Disney dropped out of high school when he was 16. During his lifetime he created
theme parks and both animated and live action movies.
Number 7 Richard Branson is the billionaire founder of the *** brand and the over 350
companies under the *** umbrella. Mr. Branson dropped out of school when he was 16.
Number 6 Micheal Dell dropped out of college when he was 19 to start his first company.
For a time Dell was the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world.
Number 5 Ingvar Kamprad is the founder of Ikea and as a result, he’s a billionaire.
Ingvar dropped out of school at the age of 17 to start Ikea. He now has almost 100,000
employees and yearly revenue exceeding 10 billion dollars.
Number 4 Steve Jobs dropped out of college to start Apple. At the time of his death Mr.
Jobs was a billionaire.
Number 3 Debbi Fields, the founder of “Mrs. Fields Cookies” was a 20 year old housewife
with no education and she soon became the most successful cookie company owner.
Number 2 Ralph Lauren went to college for two years before dropping out. Today he’s
a billionaire and a household name.
Number 1 Milton Hershey had only a fourth grade education but he started his own chocolate
company which was the first nationally sold chocolate to exist.