A lot of really successful entrepreneurs are college dropouts and we hear it from our folks that college is a must. Look what happened to me, I went to college. Ok, jokes aside but seriously, Bill Gates, Larry Elison, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Paul Allen, Steve Jobs and many more of these really rich entrepreneurs never finished college. We’ll be covering them one by one in the weeks to come.
more about Bill Gates – the world’s third richest man after the jump…
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, Gates is 53, born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington is the world’s third richesh man as of February 8th, 2009. Gates was the richest person in the world for 15 consecutive years. Gates is also an avid philanthropist perhaps he can donate some money to me, what do you think?
Bill is a genuis in case if you didn’t know, he graduated from high school and scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT test. I don’t want to remember my score. Check this out: Prior to the mid-1990s, an SAT score of 1590 corresponded roughly to an IQ of 170! 170 IQ! I didn’t know it existed.
Gates subsequently enrolled at Harvard College in the Fall of 1973. While at Harvard, he met his future business partner, Steve Ballmer, whom he later appointed as CEO of Microsoft. Bill saw an opportunity eventually dropped out of Harvard and took a chance to start a software company with his friend, Paul Allen which is as we all know and breathe today “Microsoft”.
Next Sunday, we’ll be giving you another college dropout genius.. don’t forget to bookmark us and come back for more.
What do you think, college is a must? Of course how many Bill Gates are there in the world? One – so do listen to your folks go to college!
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