Education is Important but These People Succeed in Life without a College Degree

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Today i am posting something very inspirational. These is all about Success story of some of the most influential people in the world. They each have similarities with each other. These people have a very awe-inspiring story as they managed to succeed in life and become rich and billionaires without a college Degree.

Growing up we are always taught by our parent and the people that surrounds us the essence of valuing education. Being educated gives us a potential knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better. It develops in us a wider perspective of looking at life. We also have these perspective that through education it can give citizens an outlet to be the men of intellectual and moral integrity, who are neither fanatical nor cynical, but are public-spirited, tolerant and wise, right?

It is often discussed that education is the backbone of developing countries. Developing countries should understand the importance of education and develop a sound educational system with educated people creates a huge impact to the society. To ht fact that we are likely to earn significantly more if we go to college and get your bachelor’s degree, or make it even further, according to government statistics and which is probably true for us.

Super Successful People Who Never Graduated College

But not for these following people who made a huge name in their respective industries. To note that plenty of entrepreneurs that never had much of a formal education, but still managed to achieve a great deal. Here they are...
1. Steve Jobs
Net worth (at time of death): $10.2 billion

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I guess when we heard the name Steve Job, we already knew who we was, Almost all of us today use mobile phone, laptops and even personal computer and this has been a big part of our life. Most of us have Iphones and other Apple gadget and the man behind the success of this company is none other than Steve Jobs.

The CEO himself and the Apple mastermind was a rebel in so many ways, and that extended to education and this is what most of us don't know. Behind a successful and confident man as he was is and little of us really knew his inspiring story. Jobs did graduate from Homestead High School in 1972, he ended up dropping out of Reed College, an education his parents could barely afford.

Jobs had an interest in computing but he only took one semester before officially dropping out. He ended up pursuing Eastern spiritualism in India before he reflect on what he really want to do and eventually started a business and became very successful American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, and later the co founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.

2. Bill Gates
80.4 billion / £51.7 billion

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Another inspiring story is Bill Gates. I guess majority of us really know who he is. Topping the list of the richest person who didn’t finish college – is the richest man in the world and that is the fact.Express. It highlighted in news that of his inspiring story that after dropping out of Harvard University and founding his company in early 1975, Gates has moved on to build an empire in the computer business through his monopoly on computer software.

Our Personal computers would't be this great without the knowledge of this man.Why ? I guess we already know that he’s behind one of the most successful software companies ever, Microsoft. Gates is one of the most talked about college dropouts in the history of school dropouts. Despite of the circumstances he still succeed in life.

At present, besides being busy as the head of Microsoft, the computer tycoon has dedicated his life to philanthropy and charitable causes.Bill and Melinda Gates established the William H. Gates Foundation, which was dedicated to supporting education, world health and investment in low-income communities. For them it is time to give back to the community.

3.Mark Zuckerberg
$34.8 billion / £22.3 billion

Probably the he is the person of the internet, young old, millennial or Gen X knows him probably he is the person of the that everybody talks about. Mark Zuckerberg has always enjoyed developing computer programs, especially communication tools and games as his main skills and interest.

We all know he was the mind behind the phenomenal success of what is considered today as the most popular and most used Social media which is the Facebook. Which largely grow from the United States to the rest of the world like a virus and still continuous up to this days.

But little we know before his unexpected breakout, Mark has studied psychology and computer science at Harvard University but decided to drop out when his Facebook website grew in popularity. Zuckerberg was recognized by Time magazine as its “Person of the Year” in 2010.

Larry Elisson
Net worth: $61.1 billion

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Another successful man is Larry Ellison. He was the CEO of the mega software company, Oracle Corporation one of the biggest corporation the the entire universe. As of January 2018, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the fifth-wealthiest person in the United States and as the eighth-wealthiest in the world. Could you imagined that?

But behind his wealth is a very interesting story. Ellison was born the son of a single mother in the Bronx to buying his own Hawaiian island. He also dropped out of college twice. The first time, he left the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in his second year when his aunt died. He tried going back to school at the University of Chicago but only lasted a semester. But school might not be really his destiny.

After establishing databases for the CIA, he founded Software Development Laboratories (SDL) with two partners in 1977. This company would eventually become Oracle Systems Corporation in 1982.

Today, this self-made multi-billionaire has stepped down from his position as CEO, but remains chairman and chief technology officer at Oracle. His goal was never to become wealthy, but rather to create a work environment where he could enjoy himself and his legacy remains.
This video is the official lists made by Forbes

Honorable Mention

• Ellen DeGeneres
• Russell Simmons
• Oprah Winfrey
• Micky Arison
• Roman Abramovich
• Michael Dell
• Rachael Ray
• David Geffen
• Paul Allen

And many more to mention.

Whether through innate ambition and skill or sheer luck, the bottom line there is that a driven personality always finds a way. An education can either be a stepping stone or a road block on the path to achievement. What really makes a person successful is his handwork, determination, perseverance and that dream in life that no matter what happened we never lose of our hope and faith that we can be successful in our own way.

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Video
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