Drop Outs Who Made It Big

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1. George Washington, the first President of The United States, "The Father of Our Country", and the face of our one dollar bill isn't a drop out but he had no formal education. He only had what he was taught at home and what he experienced in life. [Angelfire]


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2. Abraham Lincoln, lawyer and U.S. president only finished one year of formal schooling. Like George Washingotn he was self-taught. He taught himself trigonometry, and read Blackstone on his own to become a lawyer. [Angelfire]


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3. J. Paul Getty, failed to finish at U.S.C., Berkeley and Oxford and went on to become an oil billionaire. [CNBC]

4. Cornelius Vanderbilt a native New Yorker, elementary school drop, entrepreneur and a self made multimillionaire made his fortune through steamboats and railroads. [StrategicBusiness]


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5. John D Rockefeller dropped out of high school just two months before graduating and became the founder of Standard Oil and became a Billionaire. [Wiki]

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