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Getting a college education is important, but sometime it is just not necessary.
Forbes magazine reports that the average net worth of billionaires who dropped out of college is $9.4 billion. This is almost triple that of billionaires with Ph.D.s at $3.2 billion. So who are some of these people who never finished their college degree.
1. Bill Gates, US
2. Mark Zuckerberg, US
3. Larry Ellison, US
Co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a leading business software company. Larry had 2 goes at completing a degree, but never completed either. Famously he has a salary of over $70 million and a net worth estimated at $41 billion. Oracle, like most mature organisation has had several near death experiences, but the leadership has seen it make the necessary adjustments and come through.
4. Steve Jobs, US
5. Michael Dell, US
6. John D. Rockefeller US
7. Richard Branson UK
Sir Richard, is best known as the founder of the Virgin Group of companies, of which there are reported at more than 400. He is a true entrepreneur with a passion for starting companies and then putting in place the best people to run them. Like many others o this list he was also close to the wall on several occasions before breaking through to accumulate great wealth. Estimated at $4.2 billion. He is now starting to focus on environmental issues and looking for business to provide solutions to the ecological problems that are currently facing the world.
8. Howard Hughes US
9. Roman Abromovich Russia
10. Ted Turner US
11. Stanley Ho Hong Kong

Sometimes know as the “King of Gambling” as he benefitted from a government granted monopoly of casinos in Macau. He has 4 wives and 17 children and a personal wealth of $2 billion. Ho has many business interests ranging from entertainment, tourism, shipping, real estate, banking, and air transport. It is estimated that his businesses employ a quarter of the Macau workforce.
12. Joaquin Guzman Loera, Mexico
So what can we learn from all of this? Completing a university degree isn’t necessary, but a good basis and understanding of the activity that you are undertaking is vital. This men all were experts in their specific fields (even without a formal qualification). the other key feature seems to have been an unbreakable faith and determination to keep pursuing their stated goals. They have all over come obstacles and difficulties.
Another feature is the fact that they are all able to contribute to the world, either through employing people, or their charitable foundations. So the making of money doesn’t seem to the main driver, more a desire to create and build.
So look at these examples and see how you can be motivated to pursue your life’s desires.
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