Harvard left early, NYU half finished, a Reed semester cut short: none of them needed the diploma. Pick the dropout whose story everyone knows.
1Bill GatesLeft Harvard in 1975 to start Microsoft and got an honorary degree 32 years later.1000pts
2Kanye WestLeft Chicago State University to pursue music and named his debut album The College Dropout.670pts
3Steve JobsLeft Reed College after one semester, kept sitting in on calligraphy classes, then co-founded Apple.604pts
4Tiger WoodsLeft Stanford after two years to turn professional in golf.558pts
5Michael DellStarted selling PCs from his University of Texas dorm room and left at 19 to found Dell.447pts
6Ellen DeGeneresSpent one semester at the University of New Orleans before leaving for stand-up comedy.447pts
7Larry EllisonDropped out of two universities before co-founding Oracle.446pts
8Lady GagaLeft NYU's Tisch School of the Arts at 19 to focus on her music career.446pts
9Matt DamonLeft Harvard a few credits short of a degree while writing Good Will Hunting.446pts
10Frank Lloyd WrightArchitect who left the University of Wisconsin without a degree.446pts
11Tom HanksLeft California State University, Sacramento, for an acting internship that led to Hollywood.298pts
12Ralph LaurenStudied business at Baruch College for two years, then left to sell ties.298pts
13Mark ZuckerbergLeft Harvard in his second year to run Facebook full time.298pts
14Harrison FordFailed to graduate from Ripon College and became a carpenter before Star Wars.0pts
15Jack DorseyLeft New York University shortly before graduating and later co-founded Twitter and Square.0pts
16Mick JaggerLeft the London School of Economics when the Rolling Stones took off.0pts
17Brad PittLeft the University of Missouri two weeks before graduation and drove to Los Angeles.0pts
