{"id":3236,"date":"2023-01-18T10:53:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T10:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2023-02-27T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:23:49","slug":"billionaire-dropouts-showing-you-dont-need-a-degree-to-be-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/billionaire-dropouts-showing-you-dont-need-a-degree-to-be-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"The 13 billionaire dropouts showing you don’t need a college degree to be rich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever feel like the only thing standing between you and success is that crucial Ivy League degree? The good news is that some of the most successful people on the planet actually dropped out of college, and some didn\u2019t even finish high school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We look at 13 billionaire dropouts proving academic success isn’t the only route to hitting the big time. It just goes to show, a college degree isn\u2019t everything!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark Zuckerberg<\/h3>\n

CEO, Meta\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Estimated net worth: <\/b>$49.6 billion USD\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even before starting his classes at Harvard, Mark was a programming prodigy. Then, at Harvard, he played around with a number of ideas, including Facemash which allowed students to rank which of their fellow students was hotter (the idea was swiftly taken down).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2004, TheFacebook was launched, initially just to fellow Harvard students, but as the platform grew, Mark ended up dropping out of Harvard to pursue the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nearly two decades later Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp became meta, with Mark as CEO. And despite dropping out, Harvard has given him an honorary doctorate!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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