These Billionaires Never Finished College

Paul Allen

If you thought Bill Gates was the only one behind Microsoft, think again. Paul Allen might be the single important factor as to why Microsoft even came about. He and Bill Gates became friends while attending a private school and then once it was time to go to college, Allen went to Washington State and Gates went to Harvard.

After only two years, Allen dropped out and convinced Gates to do the same. He believed the two could make it major and they did. He has stakes in tons of tech and media companies so Microsoft is not the only way he brings in his $12.7 billion net worth.

Ted Turner

If you attended one of the most prestigious universities in the world would you consider dropping out to work advertising for your parents? If your answer was, “It depends on what is being advertised” then you are like Ted Turner. He left school at Brown University to go work for his father at Turner Advertising.

Years after his dad committed suicide, Turner bought television stations and flipped them into Turner Broadcasting which was eventually bought by Time Warner Inc. Turner has a net worth of $2 billion and is dedicated to philanthropy. He has even pledged to give $1 billion to the United Nations.