Billionaires never received a diploma. Photo

Many have not even graduated from high school.

We all tend to think that education is the key to success and the first step on the path to riches. Sometimes, however, practical skills and ability in time to “catch the wave” is much more important than a diploma.

Tell you about the people who lack of education did not prevent to earn billions of dollars.

Richard Branson
Education: unfinished middle school

The future founder of the company Virgin, by his own admission, was in school with difficulty, so at age 16 he left teaching and went to London.

His first business project was the magazine, and at 17 years Branson has already organized its first charity organization. Today Richard Branson has not only a record company, but an entire airline.

Ingvar Kamprad
Education: high school

The company, which today is known worldwide as IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad created when he was 17 years old.

Study the future billionaire was difficult because of dyslexia, so in high school he never did.

Henry Ford
Education: high school

Study in a Church school not very fond of young Henry Ford — his only passion was a variety of mechanisms. At the age of 16, Henry ran away from home and went to Detroit, where he held an assistant mechanic.

Michael Dell
Education: 1 year of University

The company’s founder, Michael DELL, earned the first money at the age of 12, selling subscriptions to the local newspaper.

During his studies, Dell founded his first computer company PC’s Limited and at the age of 19 dropped out of the University.

If Kashin
Education: unfinished middle school

One of the richest men in the world If Kashin at the age of 12 was forced to quit school and get a job at the factory where he made plastic flowers.

At 22, he founded Cheung Kong, which today is engaged not only trade, but also real estate, hospitality, it and many others.

Bill Gates
Education: 2nd year University

Bill gates has a degree from Harvard, however, gave him the only billionaire in 2007 by decision of the administration of the University, paying tribute to all his merits. In fact, gates studied at Harvard for 2 years, and then was expelled.

Larry Ellison
Education: 2nd year University

One of the founders of Oracle, which is ranked 2nd in the world in the production of software (after Microsoft), tried twice to obtain College education. And both times unsuccessfully: at the University of Illinois he studied for 2 years, and in Chicago — 1 semester.

John D. Rockefeller
Education: 3-month accounting courses

One of the richest men in the history of mankind, John D. Rockefeller, earned first dollar in 7 years of age, and at 13 years has been at interest to lend money to friends. After high school John enrolled in College, but quite quickly left him.

Amancio Ortega
Education: unfinished middle school

The Creator and owner of Zara, Amancio Ortega at the age of 13 left school and began working as a messenger in a clothing store.

Your Ortega the first store opened in 1975. To date, the company Inditex, which owns the Zara brand, operates worldwide, and its Creator and owner several times headed the list of the richest people on the planet.

Mark Zuckerberg
Education: 2nd year University

The youngest billionaire in this list is mark Zuckerberg, who was listed as a Harvard student, but the diploma is not received, fascinated by the creation of a social network. Incidentally, Zuckerberg was studying to be a psychologist.

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