Most Successful Dropouts : James Cameron, Walt Disney, Mark Zuckerberg, Brad Pitt, Abraham Lincoln, Andre Agassi, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Tiger Woods
James Cameron
The Oscar-Winning director/producer/screenwriter dropped out of California State University at the age of 20. Cameron climbed his way up from the very bottom, working as a truck driver and a school janitor to pay the bills as he sought to get involved with the film industry. His first movie-related job was building models for Roger Corman's New World Pictures
Walt Disney
Disney dropped out of high school to join the army when he was 16 years old. Rejected because of his age, he ended up joining the Red Cross and served as an ambulance driver during World War I. Upon his arrival to the U.S. he began his career as an animator, screenwriter, director, producer and developer of the Disney empire that eventually led to him to winning 26 Oscars, 7 Emmys and everlasting acclaim for his plethora of creative creations
Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg created Facebook in his dorm room at Harvard University. After noticing the site's immediate success, he dropped out of college to continue working on his pet social network. Zuckerberg is now a degree-less billionaire, and Facebook currently boasts more than 800 million active users.
Brad Pitt
Pitt left the University of Missouri two credits short of graduating to begin his acting career. The former journalism major moved to Los Angeles two weeks before graduation to take acting lessons. He appeared as a guest in various TV shows and gained breakthrough recognition as the cowboy hitchhiker who seduces Geena Davis' character in the movie "Thelma & Loise." Pitt is now a global star, both for his consistent performances and for his globe-trotting activism with Angelina Jolie.
Abraham Lincoln
Former lawyer turned President of The United States, Abraham Lincoln only had one year of formal schooling in his life. Lincoln taught himself trigonometry for his early work as a surveyor, and being an avid reader, read the likes of "Commentaries on the Laws of England" on his own to become a lawyer. He came to be the 16th president of the United States and led the country during the American Civil War. Lincoln is one of the eight U.S. presidents who never went to college.
Andre Agassi
Tennis player Andre Agassi quit school in the ninth grade after Nick Bollettieri from the Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida called his father after watching him play for 30 minutes and said he had more natural talent than anyone he had ever seen, and could train in the Academy for free. Young Agassi went pro at age 16 and was the first of two male players in history to achieve a singles Career Golden Slam (a singles Career Grand Slam plus the Olympic gold medal in singles).
Steve Jobs
Jobs dropped out of Reed College after only one semester but continued auditing the classes he was most interested in for a while. He went on to say that if he hadn't dropped in on one calligraphy class, the Apple computer wouldn't have the proportionally spaced variety of fonts it has today. After he spent some time traveling India and held a few jobs in the software industry, Jobs went on to star his own business: Apple Computers, in his parents' basement, a company you may have heard of.
Michael Dell
Dell was a pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin, when he started an informal computer-upgrading business. The business' success prompted him to obtain a vendor's license to bid on contracts for the State of Texas, which he won because he did not have the expenses of a computer store. His conviction that selling PCs directly was more profitable than the conventional way of selling eventually made Dell the 44th richest man in the world.
Bill Gates
Gates dropped out of Harvard during his second year to start a business venture now known as Microsoft. He was ranked the wold wealthiest person from 1995 - 2009 (excluding 2008 when he was ranked third-wealthiest). Gates is currently a Chairman and the largest individual shareholder of Microsoft Corp.
Tiger Woods
Right out of high school Woods was heavily recruited by colleges for his amazing golfing abilities. He chose Stanford, the 1994 NCAA Division I champion, and earned several junior titles during his two years at the university. He eventually dropped out to become a professional golfer. Woods, in spite of his recent personal scandals, has been the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, earning an estimated $90.5 million in 2010.
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James Cameron
The Oscar-Winning director/producer/screenwriter dropped out of California State University at the age of 20. Cameron climbed his way up from the very bottom, working as a truck driver and a school janitor to pay the bills as he sought to get involved with the film industry. His first movie-related job was building models for Roger Corman's New World Pictures
Walt Disney
Disney dropped out of high school to join the army when he was 16 years old. Rejected because of his age, he ended up joining the Red Cross and served as an ambulance driver during World War I. Upon his arrival to the U.S. he began his career as an animator, screenwriter, director, producer and developer of the Disney empire that eventually led to him to winning 26 Oscars, 7 Emmys and everlasting acclaim for his plethora of creative creations
Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg created Facebook in his dorm room at Harvard University. After noticing the site's immediate success, he dropped out of college to continue working on his pet social network. Zuckerberg is now a degree-less billionaire, and Facebook currently boasts more than 800 million active users.
Brad Pitt
Pitt left the University of Missouri two credits short of graduating to begin his acting career. The former journalism major moved to Los Angeles two weeks before graduation to take acting lessons. He appeared as a guest in various TV shows and gained breakthrough recognition as the cowboy hitchhiker who seduces Geena Davis' character in the movie "Thelma & Loise." Pitt is now a global star, both for his consistent performances and for his globe-trotting activism with Angelina Jolie.
Abraham Lincoln
Former lawyer turned President of The United States, Abraham Lincoln only had one year of formal schooling in his life. Lincoln taught himself trigonometry for his early work as a surveyor, and being an avid reader, read the likes of "Commentaries on the Laws of England" on his own to become a lawyer. He came to be the 16th president of the United States and led the country during the American Civil War. Lincoln is one of the eight U.S. presidents who never went to college.
Andre Agassi
Tennis player Andre Agassi quit school in the ninth grade after Nick Bollettieri from the Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida called his father after watching him play for 30 minutes and said he had more natural talent than anyone he had ever seen, and could train in the Academy for free. Young Agassi went pro at age 16 and was the first of two male players in history to achieve a singles Career Golden Slam (a singles Career Grand Slam plus the Olympic gold medal in singles).
Steve Jobs
Jobs dropped out of Reed College after only one semester but continued auditing the classes he was most interested in for a while. He went on to say that if he hadn't dropped in on one calligraphy class, the Apple computer wouldn't have the proportionally spaced variety of fonts it has today. After he spent some time traveling India and held a few jobs in the software industry, Jobs went on to star his own business: Apple Computers, in his parents' basement, a company you may have heard of.
Michael Dell
Dell was a pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin, when he started an informal computer-upgrading business. The business' success prompted him to obtain a vendor's license to bid on contracts for the State of Texas, which he won because he did not have the expenses of a computer store. His conviction that selling PCs directly was more profitable than the conventional way of selling eventually made Dell the 44th richest man in the world.
Bill Gates
Gates dropped out of Harvard during his second year to start a business venture now known as Microsoft. He was ranked the wold wealthiest person from 1995 - 2009 (excluding 2008 when he was ranked third-wealthiest). Gates is currently a Chairman and the largest individual shareholder of Microsoft Corp.
Tiger Woods
Right out of high school Woods was heavily recruited by colleges for his amazing golfing abilities. He chose Stanford, the 1994 NCAA Division I champion, and earned several junior titles during his two years at the university. He eventually dropped out to become a professional golfer. Woods, in spite of his recent personal scandals, has been the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, earning an estimated $90.5 million in 2010.
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