Drop Outs Who Made It Big

Designers [via] 1. Steve Madden,  the amazing shoe designer dropped out college only after 2 years to work for a popular shoe store, Jildor. [designerhandbags] [via] 2. Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam records, founder of Russell Simmons Music Group, Phat Farm fashions, bestselling author attended City College of New York in 1975 and dropped out right before graduation. [businessweek] [via] 3. Angela Missoni, designer of Missioni, who recently collaborated with Target never finished high school. Luckily, thanks to her famous name and family business was able to find success through designer fashion label Missoni. [via] 4. Ralph Lauren, was known to sell neck ties in high school to his classmates. He then went of to study at Baurch Colleg for two years but never graduated. [AmericasCheapest] [via] 5. Gabriel 'Coco' Chanel is the founder of the fashion brand Chanel. For many years she trained as a seamstress and never set foot into a classroom. [AmericasCheapest]