For some people a diploma from the university is the determining factor of success in the future.But for four IT world champ, a diploma was not the only key to success.
Do you know when big names like Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Apple founder Steve Jobs, and the founder of Facebook, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg achieve success without having a diploma from their respective college.
1. Bill Gates
Gates was even known as the most successful people are expelled from Harvard University.Husband of Mellinda, entered Harvard in 1973, but two years later drop out of college and with his friend Paul Allen he founded Microsoft.
Men who had been crowned in the ranks of the world's richest man for a decade, eventually earned a doctorate Honoris Clausa from the former campus in the 2007. "Maybe I took a bad influence," Gates joked.
Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.
2. Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen was born January 21, 1953. Paul is an American industrialist and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and is one of the wealthiest people in the world with a personal wealth of US$13.5 billion as of 2010.
Paul Allen and Bill Gates
Paul Gardner Allen was born in Seattle, Washington to parents Kenneth S. Allen, an associate director of the University of Washington libraries, and Faye G. Allen, on January 21, 1953. Allen attended Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle, and befriended Bill Gates, who was two years his junior but shared a common enthusiasm for computers. They used Lakeside's teletypeterminal to develop their programming skills on several time-sharing computer systems. After graduation Allen attended Washington State University but dropped out after two years in order to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston, placing him near his old friend again. Allen later convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard University in order to create Microsoft.
3. Steve Jobs
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs, born February 24, 1955. Jobs is an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios. He became a member of the board of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.
Steve Jobs is known to drop out of Reed College. He just sits on the campus of approximately six months. after that he focused on establishing Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar. His works have influenced the development of the computer world in the World.
4. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born May 14, 1984. Mark is an American entrepreneur best known for co-founding the popular social networking site Facebook. Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook with fellow classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while attending Harvard. He is currently one of the youngest billionaires in the world with personal wealth of US$4 billion in 2010
As if following the traces of his predecessor, Bill Gates. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg also left the bench on the Harvard campus. But he developed a friendship networking site has been drugged millions of people around the world and make money at least approximately $ 4 million.
Now, Facebook has seven offices and 200 of the workers, most native of Palo Alto. Not only that, the presence of Facebook in Palo Alto called the Mark as an "urban campus".Interestingly, although Mark pioneered the founding of Facebook, he never completed his studies at Harvard University. Mark's story is similar to Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, who also dropped out (DO) from the same campus. Before getting a degree "DO" Mark had already thought Bill Gates as his idol.
3. Steve Jobs
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs, born February 24, 1955. Jobs is an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios. He became a member of the board of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.
Steve Jobs is known to drop out of Reed College. He just sits on the campus of approximately six months. after that he focused on establishing Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar. His works have influenced the development of the computer world in the World.
4. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born May 14, 1984. Mark is an American entrepreneur best known for co-founding the popular social networking site Facebook. Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook with fellow classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while attending Harvard. He is currently one of the youngest billionaires in the world with personal wealth of US$4 billion in 2010
As if following the traces of his predecessor, Bill Gates. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg also left the bench on the Harvard campus. But he developed a friendship networking site has been drugged millions of people around the world and make money at least approximately $ 4 million.
Now, Facebook has seven offices and 200 of the workers, most native of Palo Alto. Not only that, the presence of Facebook in Palo Alto called the Mark as an "urban campus".Interestingly, although Mark pioneered the founding of Facebook, he never completed his studies at Harvard University. Mark's story is similar to Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, who also dropped out (DO) from the same campus. Before getting a degree "DO" Mark had already thought Bill Gates as his idol.
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