Education is the key to success

2. Amadeo Peter Giannini, multimillionaire founder of Bank of America. Dropped out of high school. 3. Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist, and one of the first mega-billionaires in the US. Elementary school dropout. 5. Andrew Perlman, co-founder of GreatPoint. Dropped out of Washington University to start Cignal Global Communications, an Internet communications company, when he was only 19. 7. Ansel Adams, world-famous photographer. Dropped out of high school. 10. Barry Diller, billionaire, Hollywood mogul, Internet maven, founder of Fox Broadcasting Company, chairman of IAC/InterActive Corp (owner of Ask.com), 12. Benjamin Franklin, inventor, scientist, author, entrepreneur. Primarily home-schooled. 13. Billy Joe (Red) McCombs, billionaire, founder of Clear Channel media, real estate investor. Dropped out of law school to 15. Bram Cohen, BitTorrent developer. Attended State University of New York at Buffalo for a year. 16. Carl Lindner, billionaire investor, founder of United Dairy Farmers. Dropped out of high school at the age of 14. 17. Charles Culpeper, owner and CEO of Coca Cola. Dropped out of high school. 18. Christopher Columbus, explorer, discoverer of new lands. Primarily home-schooled. 19. Coco Chanel, founder of fashion brand Chanel. A perfume bearing her name, Chanel No. 5 kept her name famous. 20. Colonel Harlan Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Dropped out of elementary school, later earned law degree by correspondence. 21. Craig McCaw, billionaire founder of McCaw Cellular. Did not complete college. 22. Dave Thomas, billionaire founder of Wendy"s. Dropped out of high school at 15. 23. David Geffen, billionaire founder of Geffen Records and co-founder of DreamWorks. Dropped out of college after completing one year. 24. David Green, billionaire founder of Hobby Lobby. Started the Hobby Lobby chain with only $600. High school graduate. 25. David Karp, founder of Tumblr. Dropped out of school at 15, then homeschooled. Did not attend college. 26. David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue airlines. Dropped out of college after three years. 27. David Ogilvy, advertising executive and copywriter . Was expelled from Oxford University at the age of 20. 28. David Oreck, multimillionaire founder of The Oreck Corporation. Quit college to enlist in the Army Air Corps. 29. Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery. Later renamed, franchised, then sold Mrs. Field"s Cookies. 30. DeWitt Wallace, founder and publisher of Reader"s Digest. Dropped out of college after one year. Went back, then dropped out again after the second year. 31. Dov Charney, founder of American Apparel. Started the company in high school, and never attended college. 32. Dustin Moskovitz, multi-millionaire co-founder of Facebook. Harvard dropout. 33. Frank Lloyd Wright, the most influential architect of the twentieth century. Never attended high school. 34. Frederick "Freddy" Laker, billionaire airline entrepreneur. High school dropout. 35. Frederick Henry Royce, auto designer, multimillionaire co-founder of Rolls-Royce. Dropped out of elementary school. 36. George Eastman, multimillionaire inventor, Kodak founder. Dropped out of high school. 37. George Naddaff, founder of UFood Grill and Boston Chicken. Did not attend college. 38. Gurbaksh Chahal, multimillionaire founder of BlueLithium and Click Again. Dropped out at 16, when he founded Click Again. 39. H. Wayne Huizenga, founder of WMX garbage company, helped build Blockbuster video chain. Joined the Army out of high school, and later went to college only to drop out during his first year. 40. Henry Ford, billionaire founder of Ford Motor Company. Did not attend college. 41. Henry J. Kaiser, multimillionaire & founder of Kaiser Aluminum. Dropped out of high school. 42. Hyman Golden, co-founder of Snapple. Dropped out of high school. 43. Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, one of the richest people in the world, dyslexic. 44. Isaac Merrit Singer, sewing machine inventor, founder of Singer. Elementary school dropout. 45. Jack Crawford Taylor, founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Dropped out of college to become a WWII fighter pilot in the Navy. 46. Jake Nickell, co-founder and CEO of Threadless.com. Did not graduate from college. 47. James Cameron, Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, and producer. Dropped out of college. 48. Jay Van Andel, billionaire co-founder of Amway. Never attended college. 49. Jeffrey Kalmikoff, co-founder and chief creative officer of Threadless.com. Did not graduate from college. 50. Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! Dropped out of PhD program. 51. Jimmy Dean, multimillionaire founder of Jimmy Dean Foods. Dropped out of high school at 16. 52. John D. Rockefeller Sr., billionaire founder of Standard Oil. Dropped out of high school just two months before graduating, though later took some courses at a local business school. 53. John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods. Enrolled and dropped out college six times. 54. John Paul DeJoria, billionaire co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems, founder of Patron Spirits tequilla. Joined the Navy after high school. 55. Joyce C. Hall, founder of Hallmark. Started selling greeting cards at the age of 18. Did not attend college. 56. Kemmons Wilson, multimillionaire, founder of Holiday Inn. High school dropout. 57. Kenneth Hendricks, billionaire founder of ABC Supply. High school dropout. 58. Kenny Johnson, founder of Dial-A-Waiter restaurant delivery. College dropout. 59. Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com. Dropped out of college during his second year. 60. Kirk Kerkorian, billionaire investor, owner of Mandalay Bay and Mirage Resorts, and MGM movie studio. Dropped out eighth-grade. 61. Larry Ellison, billionaire co-founder of Oracle software company. Dropped out of two different colleges. 62. Leandro Rizzuto, billionaire founder of Conair. Dropped out of college. Started Conair with $100 and hot-air hair roller invention. 63. Leslie Wexner, billionaire founder of a Limited Brands. Dropped out of law school. Started the Limited with $5,000. 64. Marc Rich, commodities investor, billionaire. Founder of Marc Rich & Co. Did not finish college. 65. Marcus Loew, multimillionaire founder of Loews theaters, co-founder of MGM movie studio. Elementary school dropout. 66. Mark Ecko, founder of Mark Ecko Enterprises. Dropped out of college. 67. Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Inc. Did not attend college. 68. Michael Dell, billionaire founder of Dell Computers, which started out of his college dorm room. Dropped out of college. 69. Michael Rubin, founder of Global Sports. Dropped out of college in his first year. 70. Micky Jagtiani, billionaire retailer, Landmark International. Dropped out of accounting school. 71. Milton Hershey, founder of Hershey"s Milk Chocolate. 4th grade education. 72. Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable.com at the age of 19. 73. Philip Green, Topshop billionaire retail mogul. Dro