1.Bill Gates – $80 billion
And the winner, the ultimate richest college drop out billionaire is Bill Gates.
Net worth: $80 billion
Profession: Co-founder, former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft
Fact: He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SATs.
Bill Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973 and enrolled at Harvard, but dropped out after two years to start Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen, which we’ve seen at number 6. His and Allen’s company registered the trade name “Microsoft” in 1976.
In 1987 Gates became the youngest self-made billionaire. He has been the world’s richest person from 2007 until present. Him and his wife combined three family foundations in 2000, in order to create the largest transparently operated charitable foundation in the world, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
And these were the 10 richest drop out billionaires!
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