6 School Dropouts Who became Successful

Education is key in a man's life and definitely helps us perceive things differently but these men we are going to be reading about dropped out from School at some point in their life. But contrary to what you would expect, they have contributed immensely  and impacted trillions of lives with their technological contribution.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates was born on the 28th day of October, 1955. He is the Co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft.

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. He dropped out of Reed College after six months. He is the Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. He died last year but has left something behind that He will be remembered with forever.

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Mark Zuckerburg
Mark Zuckerburg was born on the 14th of May, 1984. He Dropped out of Harvard in his sophomore year
but now the Co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Facebook, Inc.

David Karp
David Karp is the CEO and founder of Tumblr. Born in July 6, 1986. He attend Bronx Science High School in New York City for one year and dropped out at the age of 15

Michael Dell
Michael Dell is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Dell. Born in February 23, 1965. He dropped out of University of Texas at Austin in his sophomore year.

Jack Dorsey

Jack Doresy is the co-founder of Twitter. Born in November 19, 1976. He dropped out of New York University.

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   Dropped out of Reed College after six months

2. James Cameron
   
   Born in August 16, 1954
   
   Film director, producer
   Dropped out of Fullerton College after two years Net worth: $900 million

3. Paul Allen
   
   Born in January 21, 1953
   
   Co-founder of Microsoft and Chairman of Vulcan Inc.
   Dropped out of Washington State University after two years
   Net worth: US$ 15.0 billion

4. Steve Wozniak
   
   Born in August 11, 1950
   
   Co-founder of Apple
   Dropped out of University of California, Berkeley after first year

5. Larry Ellison
   
   Born in August 17, 1944
   
   Co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation
   Net worth: US$ 43 billion
   Dropped out of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Chicago

6. David Geffen
   
   
   Born in February 21, 1943
   
   
   Founder of Asylum Records, Geffen Record, and DGC Records. Co-founder of DreamWorks SKG.
   
   Attended Santa Monica College (then known as Santa Monica City College) in Santa Monica, California, but soon left. He then attended night school at Brooklyn College for three semesters before again dropping out. He also briefly attended the University of Texas at Austin.
   
   Net worth: US$5.6 billion

7. Sheldon Adelson
   Born in August 4, 1933
   
   Chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands
   Dropped out of City College of New York
   Net worth: $26.5 billion (2013

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