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World Famous college-dropout techies
Few know that the world's most iconic tech czar Steve Jobs is actually a college dropout. In 1972, Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino, California and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon. One semester later he dropped out.
The world's richest man Bill Gates is a Harvard university dropout. Bill Gates who scored 1590 on his SAT test out of 1600 got admission in Harvard university in the year 1973, after completing his high school.
While studying at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Dell started a computer company called PC's Limited in room 2713 of twenty-seven story residence hall Dobie Center.
Like his pal Bill Gates, Paul Allen too dropped out of Washington State University in 1975, to build the software giant Microsoft.
Another famous techie in the list of celebrity college dropouts is Larry Ellison, the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's largest enterprise software company.
The youngest techie on the college dropout list is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. While studying at the Harvard university in 2004, Mark Zuckerberg started the social networking site Facebook from his dorm room.
Another Internet posterboy on the list is the co-founder and ex-CEO of Yahoo, Jerry Yang. While studying Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in 1994, Yang with fellow David Filo co-created an Internet website consisting of a directory of other websites called "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web".
The successful college drop-out techies list also has a high school dropout: Mike Hudack founder and CEO of blip.tv, a hosting platform for creators of digital video content. Blip is presently backed by venture capital including Bain Capital Ventures.
Few know that the world's most iconic tech czar Steve Jobs is actually a college dropout. In 1972, Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino, California and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon. One semester later he dropped out.
The world's richest man Bill Gates is a Harvard university dropout. Bill Gates who scored 1590 on his SAT test out of 1600 got admission in Harvard university in the year 1973, after completing his high school.
While studying at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Dell started a computer company called PC's Limited in room 2713 of twenty-seven story residence hall Dobie Center.
Like his pal Bill Gates, Paul Allen too dropped out of Washington State University in 1975, to build the software giant Microsoft.
Another famous techie in the list of celebrity college dropouts is Larry Ellison, the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's largest enterprise software company.
The youngest techie on the college dropout list is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. While studying at the Harvard university in 2004, Mark Zuckerberg started the social networking site Facebook from his dorm room.
Another Internet posterboy on the list is the co-founder and ex-CEO of Yahoo, Jerry Yang. While studying Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in 1994, Yang with fellow David Filo co-created an Internet website consisting of a directory of other websites called "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web".
The successful college drop-out techies list also has a high school dropout: Mike Hudack founder and CEO of blip.tv, a hosting platform for creators of digital video content. Blip is presently backed by venture capital including Bain Capital Ventures.