List of college dropout billionaires

List of college dropout billionaires

This list of college dropout billionaires is based (where not otherwise noted) on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 11, 2009.[1] The listed net worth represents the estimated value of assets less debt as of February 13, 2009.[2] The list does not include heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see List of heads of state and government by net worth). College dropout refers to a person who has dropped out from a college or university before completing his/her degree. Some of the world's most famous and richest billionaires (including the second richest man of the world, Bill Gates) are college dropouts. The combined net worth of these dropouts is USD 246 billion.[3] This list is not exhaustive.

The average net worth of billionaires who dropped out of college, $9.4 billion, is more than double that of billionaires with Ph.D.s, $3.2 billion. Even if you remove the world's second richest man, Bill Gates, who left Harvard University and is now worth $53.0 billion, college dropouts are worth $5.3 billion on average, compared to those who finished only bachelor's degrees, who are worth $2.9 billion. According to a recent report from Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research, 20% of America's millionaires never attended college.[4]

Contents

List of college-dropout billionaires

  1. Bill Gates [5] - US
  2. Mark Zuckerberg [6] - US
  3. Lawrence Ellison [7] - US
  4. Eike Batista [8] - Brazil
  5. Michael Dell [9] - US
  6. Marc Rich [10] - US
  7. Ty Warner [11] - US
  8. Gautam Adani [12] - India
  9. Micky Jagtiani [13] - India
  10. Azim Premji - India
  11. Shahid Balwa [14] - India
  12. Subhash Chandra [15] - India
  13. Vinod Goenka [16] - India
  14. Jayasankar Krishna Prasad - India
  15. PNC Menon [17][18] - India
  16. Roman Abramovich [19] - Russia
  17. Li Ka-shing [20] - Hong Kong
  18. Sheldon Adelson [21] - US
  19. Amancio Ortega [22] - Spain
  20. Kirk Kerkorian [23] - US
  21. Donald Newhouse [24] - US
  22. François Pinault [25] - France
  23. Jack Taylor [26] - US
  24. Joaquín Guzmán Loera [27] (Mexican drug lord) - Mexico
  25. Dawood Ibrahim [28] (Indian crime-boss) - India
  26. Hasan Ali Khan (Money-launderer) - India
  27. David Geffen [29] - US
  28. David Murdock [30] - US
  29. Ted Turner [31] - US
  30. Henry Fok [32] - Hong Kong
  31. Ralph Lauren [33] - US
  32. Micky Arison - US
  33. Mohammed Al Amoudi [34] - Saudi Arabia
  34. Stanley Ho [35] - Hong Kong
  35. Andrew Lloyd Webber - UK

Historical figures

Others

Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page though also technically college dropouts, as they dropped out of their PhD programmes, are not included here as this list includes only those who have not completed a Bachelor's degree.

See also

  • Forbes list of billionaires
  • List of non-Forbes billionaires

References

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  7. ^ "#4 Lawrence Ellison - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Lawrence-Ellison_JKEX.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  8. ^ "#8 Eike Batista". Forbes.com. 2010-02-12. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Eike-Batista_R3VO.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  9. ^ "#25 Michael Dell - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Michael-Dell_WJOB.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  10. ^ "#937 Marc Rich". Forbes.com. 2010-02-12. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Marc-Rich_THOQ.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
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  13. ^ "#462 Micky Jagtiani". Forbes.com. 2008-02-11. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Micky-Jagtiani_OM7W.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  14. ^ "#937 Shahid Balwa". Forbes.com. 2010-02-12. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Shahid-Balwa_XZ4I.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  15. ^ "#647 Subhash Chandra - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Subhash-Chandra_ZMYU.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  16. ^ "#49 Vinod Goenka". Forbes.com. 2009-11-18. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/77/india-billionaires-09_Vinod-Goenka_32BB.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
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  18. ^ "#897 PNC Menon". Forbes.com. 2008-02-11. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_PNC-Menon_51LT.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  19. ^ "#51 Roman Abramovich - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Roman-Abramovich_DG3G.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  20. ^ "#16 Li Ka-shing - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Li-Ka-shing_SO0W.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  21. ^ "#12 Sheldon Adelson". Forbes.com. 2008-02-11. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Sheldon-Adelson_ER9O.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  22. ^ "#10 Amancio Ortega - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Amancio-Ortega_9PLV.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  23. ^ "#98 Kirk Kerkorian - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Kirk-Kerkorian_NINP.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  24. ^ "#132 Donald Newhouse - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Donald-Newhouse_LOKT.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  25. ^ "#60 Francois Pinault & family - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Francois-Pinault-family_FUBG.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  26. ^ "#40 Jack Taylor & family - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Jack-Taylor-family_Q8FL.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  27. ^ "#701 Joaquin Guzman Loera - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Joaquin-Guzman-Loera_FS0Y.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  28. ^ "Pak problem: Bin Laden next door, Dawood under its nose". Hvk.org. 2001-09-14. http://www.hvk.org/articles/0901/61.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  29. ^ "#110 David Geffen - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_David-Geffen_ES8B.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  30. ^ "#183 David Murdock - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes.com. 2009-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_David-Murdock_BDKY.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  31. ^ "Business Dunia". Business Dunia. http://www.businessdunia.com/collegedropout.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  32. ^ "Henry Fok, The World's Richest People". Forbes.com. 2006-02-13. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/SZFW.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  33. ^ "#37 Ralph Lauren". Forbes.com. 2009-04-09. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/12/best-boss-09_Ralph-Lauren_QY7D.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  34. ^ "#64 Mohammed Al Amoudi". Forbes. 2010-03-10. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Mohammed-Al-Amoudi_AQ88.html. 
  35. ^ "#113 Stanley Ho". Forbes.com. 2008-02-11. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Stanley-Ho_UMEN.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 

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