These Billionaires Never Finished College

Marc Rich

Marc Rich may have passed away, but we are not going to leave him off of this list (much like someone else who you will see later on). In 1954 Rich dropped out of New York University to go work in a mail room of a trading firm where he started his career.

What he was best known for was founding the company Glencore. He was indicted for tax evasion and illegal oil deals, but didn’t George Bush do the same thing? He passed at age 79 in 2013 and had an estimated net worth of $1 billion but that was said to be a low estimate.

Ty Warner

Maybe as a toddler, you had a Beanie Baby. Maybe even now you know a young kid who has one of those adorable toys. Well, the billionaire behind those toys is none other than Ty Warner. That is why you see that red heart shaped tag with the huge “ty” on it.

Warner was attending Kalamazoo college for only one year before he decided to call it quits and create those mega-successful soft toys. They are collectibles and some people have dozens of rare ones that you can probably sell for a lot of money. Not as much as the $2.7 billion Warner is worth.