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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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When P.T. Barnum donated money to Tufts University, he did so on the condition that the school's mascot be named after his beloved elephant. The Tufts University mascot has been the "Jumbos" ever since. |
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