21 Successful Tech Moguls Who Never Graduated College
Business Insider profiles 21 tech executives who achieved success without completing college degrees, including Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Sam Altman (OpenAI), the Collison brothers (Stripe), Mustafa Suleyman (Microsoft AI), Melanie Perkins (Canva), Daniel Ek (Spotify), and Larry Ellison (Oracle). The article highlights how these founders dropped out of prestigious universities like Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and Oxford to pursue tech ventures, often becoming billionaires. It notes the growing debate about the value of college education amid high tuition costs and AI reshaping white-collar work. The piece includes direct quotes from Zuckerberg and Altman defending the decision to drop out, and provides current company valuations, such as Stripe at $159 billion and Canva at $42 billion.
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