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Bill Gates
Attended Harvard University. Dropped out in his junior year to start Microsoft. |
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Sam Walton
Graduated from the University of Missouri, where he majored in Economics and served as an ROTC Officer. |
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Phil Knight
Received a BA in Accounting from the University of Oregon and an MBA from Stanford University before starting Nike. |
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Oprah Winfrey
Received a full scholarship to Tennessee State University, where she earned a BA in Speech & Performing Arts. |
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Jeff Bezos
Graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science. |
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George Lucas
Attended Modesto Junior College before enrolling in the University of Southern California film school. |
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David Geffen
Dropped out of the University of Texas at Austin to start his career in entertainment. |
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Donald Trump
Entered Fordham Univ. and then transferred to Wharton at the Univ. of Penn. — graduated with a B.A. in economics. |
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Martha Stewart
Graduate of Barnard College in NYC with a B.A. in history & architectural history. Worked as a model to help pay for college. |
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Mark Cuban
Received a B.A. in Business from Indiana University, where he gave disco dancing lessons to help pay for college. |
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Warren Buffett
Graduated from the Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln after transferring from the Wharton Business School (U. of Penn). |
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Hugh Hefner
Received a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in only 2½ years. |
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Meg Whitman
Entered Princeton as a pre-med, but graduated with an economics degree. Earned an MBA from Harvard 2 years later. |
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Charles Schwab
Received a B.A. in Economics from Stanford. Went on to earn an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
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