Top Famous Drop-outs in the World

By Henry Funk

It is obvious that going to universities brings a good chance for students to get better jobs in the future, but it is not always true. Many of our most famous and successful businessmen in the world were already college dropouts. They want to start and keep on their career, so they have no time to continue their study even at the prestigious universities like Havard or Oxford. Let's take an inside look at the list of famous drop-outs as follows:

Steve Jobs - the CEO of Apple Inc.

Steve Jobs attended Reed College for just one semester due to the financial problem. Now, he is the founder and CEO of Apple Inc and became Disney's largest shareholder after selling it Pixar.

Steve Jobs

Bill Gates-founder of Microsoft

Bill Gates is the richest man in the world with a net worth of $50 billion. He dropped out of Harvard when he was 19 to work on the company he started up. Today he has left Microsoft and is involved in his philanthropic mission with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill Gates

Mark Zuckerberg - cofounder of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard after starting a social networking site in his dorm room in 2004. The social networking site he founded is Facebook which is valued net worth at $1.5 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg

Calvin Klein - fashion designer of Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein was born in Brooklyn and learned sewing from his mother who was an excellent Jewishseamstress. He dropped out of Parsons School of Design and began designing coats. He has been the successful businessman who rose to the top in the fashion industry.

Calvin Klein

Coco Chanel - the founder of Coco Chanel

Coco was born in a poor house that came without necessities. With her parents unable to raise her, Coco had to spend her early years in an orphanage, during which she was first introduced to the world of sewing that will change her life. Coco Chanel is currently the fashion brand in the top of fashion industry.

Coco Chanel

Michael Dell - the founder of Dell Computers

Michael Dell started a small computer company while attending university. He was so busy with his work that he left the university. Michael did not disappoint as his company, Dell Inc. went on to create history as the most profitable computer maker in the world. As of today, Dell is the second largest PC maker in the world.

Michael Dell

Walt Disney - the founder of Walt Disney Corporation

Walt Disney - having dropped out of high school at 16, became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The Walt Disney Company now has annual revenues of more than $35 billion.

Walt Disney

Henry Ford - owner of the Ford Motor Company

Henry Ford at 17 left home and school to work as an apprentice machinist. Later, as owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. Today Ford Company has annual revenue of more than $173 billion.

Henry Ford

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I am the economic expert and analyze the economic situations in the world. Currently, I often address lectures on economic solutions to students and supply advice for companies and firms.

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American Billionaire Paul Allen: Most Interesting Facts

By Vanessa Ford

Compared with the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, Paul Allen is less known but in return, he has many interests outside of work, sports, music and charity. Let’s discover the most interesting facts about this billionaire.

Paul Allen is an American businessman, investor who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which manages his business and philanthropic effort. The Microsoft cofounder has recently sued what at first glance looks like half of Silicon Valley. He is also the 57th richest man in the world with an estimated wealth of $13 billion as of 2011. In 2007, Allen was honored to be in the list of world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine. He left Microsoft in 1983 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. The billionaire was subsequently treated successfully by radiation therapy and bone grafting.

Although being very busy with work, the interesting things in this billionaire are that he has concerns outside of work such as sports, rock music, charity and technology. He owns two sports clubs: Portland Trail Blazers basketball team and NFL Seattle Seahawks. Paul Allen built an entire museum in 2000 with the aim of keeping the memorabilia related to the legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix, like his music, clothing and guitars. The co-founder of Microsoft belongs to a 414-foot yacht, the "Octopus" which is one of the world's largest yachts. He also has two other yachts.

In 1988, Allen spent $70 million to own the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team

The scene of a museum in Seattle in which the memorabilia related to the legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix are kept

His 414-foot Octopus Yatch is considered as one of the world's largest yachts

He is also a hobby of collecting combat aircrafts during World War II

He bought his favorite theater The Cinerama when this theater was going to be demolished, and then invested to redecorate it

Another activity the billionaire Allen has spent a lot time, effort and money is charity. In 1986, he founded Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to administer most of his contributions. Through this fund, Mr. Allen has donated nearly $30 million in grants annually for non-profit organizations in Seattle, Washington, Portland and Oregon. The popular charity projects Allen has funded are Experience Music Project, Allen Telescope Array and so on. Until 2005, it was estimated that he spent $43 million for charity.

The American billionaire spent much on charity and especially Allen Telescope Array

Here is Allen's luxury villa in Seattle seen from above

Paul Allen's super yacht Octopus

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