30 billionaires with only or without high school or secondary school certificate. See pictures.

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This is the list of 30 billionaires that never completed a college or university degree. Some never even completed high school or secondary school yet still became financially successful.

1. Ralph Lauren
Est. Net Worth: $8 billion
Source of Fortune: Ralph Lauren Corporation (Apparel)
Education: Graduated DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx


2. Mark Zuckerberg
Est. Net Worth: $51 billion
Source of Fortune: Facebook
Education: Dropped out of Harvard


3. Bill Gates
Est. Net Worth: Over $80 billion
Source of Fortune: Microsoft
Education: Dropped out of Harvard


4. Larry Ellison
Est. Net Worth: $56 billion
Source of Fortune: Oracle Corporation
Education: Dropped out of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


5. Sheldon Adelson
Est. Net Worth: $28 billion
Source of Fortune: Hotels and Casinos (Venetian Hotel, Sands Hotel)
Education: Dropped out of City College of New York


6. Simon Cowell
Est. Net Worth: $500 million
Source of Fortune: Entertainment – American Idol, The X Factor
Education: Dropped out of Dover College


7. Harold Hamm
Est. Net Worth: $9.3 billion
Source of Fortune: Oil (Shale Oil)
Education: Graduated high school


8. Paul Allen
Est. Net Worth: $19 billion
Source of Fortune: Microsoft
Education: Dropped out of Washington State University


9. David Geffen
Est. Net Worth: $6 billion
Source of Fortune: Media & Entertainment – Geffen Records, Dreamworks
Education: Dropped out of Brooklyn College


10. John Paul DeJoria
Est. Net Worth: $3.1 billion
Source of Fortune: Paul Mitchell Hair Products
Education: Graduated high school


11. David Green
Est. Net Worth: $5.8 billion
Source of Fortune: Hobby Lobby Stores
Education: Graduated high school


12. Barry Diller
Est. Net Worth: $2.6 billion
Source of Fortune: Digital Media (IAC Corporation)
Education: Graduated high school


13. David Karp
Est. Net Worth: $1.1 billion
Source of Fortune: Tumblr (Sold to Yahoo)
Education: Dropped out of high school (Bronx High School of Science)


14. John Mackey
Est. Net Worth: $100 million
Source of Fortune: Whole Foods
Education: Dropped out of University of Texas at Austin


15. Phillip Green
Est. Net Worth: $5.2 billion
Source of Fortune: Retail (U.K. Corporation Arcadia Group)
Education: Dropped out of boarding school at age 15


16. Richard Branson
Est. Net Worth: $5 billion
Source of Fortune: Virgin Group (Virgin Records, Virgin Airways)
Education: Graduated high school


17. Steve Wozniak
Est. Net Worth: $100 million
Source of Fortune: Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Education: Dropped out of The University of California at Berkeley


18. Roman Abramovich
Est. Net Worth: $7.8 billion
Source of Fortune: Oil and Mining, Investments
Education: Didn’t complete high school (joined Russian army)


19. Amancio Ortega Gaona
Est. Net Worth: $78.6 billion
Source of Fortune: Apparel (Zara, Inditex)
Education: Didn’t graduate high school


20. Francois Pinault
Est. Net Worth: $13.7 billion
Source of Fortune: Luxury Products and Services – Vail Ski Resort, Christie’s Auction House, Formerly owned Gucci
Education: Completed secondary school


21. Jack Taylor
Est. Net Worth: $8.6 billion
Source of Fortune: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Education: Dropped out of Washington University in St. Louis


22. Micky Arison
Est. Net Worth: $7.2 billion
Source of Fortune: Carnival Cruise Lines
Education: Dropped out of University of Miami


23. Les Wexner
Est. Net Worth: $7.2 billion
Source of Fortune: Apparel – The Limited Stores
Education: Dropped out of Ohio State University


24. Haim Saban
Est. Net Worth: $3 billion
Source of Fortune: Saban Entertainment
Education: Expelled from high school


25. Debbi Fields
Est. Net Worth: $100 million
Source of Fortune: Mrs. Fields Cookies
Education: Dropped out of Foothill College in California


26. Invar Kamprad
Est. Net Worth: $43.2 billion
Source of Fortune: Founder of IKEA Furniture
Education: Graduated secondary school


27. Ted Turner
Est. Net Worth: $2.2 billion
Source of Fortune: Turner Broadcasting, CNN
Education: Expelled from Brown University (for having a female student in his dorm room)


28. Jenny Craig
Est. Net Worth: $400 million
Source of Fortune: Jenny Craig Weight Loss
Education: Graduated high school


29. Craig McCaw
Est. Net Worth: $1.9 billion
Source of Fortune: Wireless Communications
Education: Dropped out of Stanford


30. Dean Kamen
Est. Net Worth: $300 million
Source of Fortune: Inventor (Segway Scooter, Medical Devices)
Education: Dropped out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute