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Elon Musk to Warren Buffet: Educational Qualification Of World's Top 10 Billionaires

Saurav Pandey
| TOI Education | Last updated on - Jan 29, 2024, 19:33 IST
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Elon Musk

Before he became CEO of Amazon (and the world’s richest person), Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science, after changing his major from physics. Additionally, at the age of 24, Bezos enrollment in Stanford's PhD program in physics, only to withdraw just two days later.

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Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos, the Founder and Executive Chairman of Amazon, attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School in the USA. Between 1982 and 1986, he pursued higher education at Princeton University in the USA, culminating in a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.

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Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault earned his degree from École Polytechnique in France, which is renowned as one of the country's premier engineering institutions.

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Bill Gates

Gates spent two years at Harvard University before deciding to leave in 1975 and co-found Microsoft alongside his classmate Paul Allen. During his time at Harvard, he initially pursued law but also delved into mathematics and graduate-level computer science courses. Three decades later, Harvard honoured Gates with an honorary law degree.

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Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg enrolled in computer science and psychology programs at Harvard University before opting to leave and dedicate himself to the development of Facebook.

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Steve Ballmer

Ballmer completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University in 1977, earning bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and economics. He pursued further education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. However, in 1980, he left his academic pursuits to join Microsoft as a business manager for Bill Gates, a fellow Harvard alum and co-founder of the company, who had also left school.

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Larry Page

Larry Page completed his primary education at a Montessori school and later graduated from East Lansing High School. Following the attainment of a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, he pursued graduate studies in computer science at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

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Sergy Brin

He went to a Montessori school and later graduated from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in 1990. After that, he went on to study math and computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he earned top honors in just three years. Following his success there, he moved on to Stanford University for graduate school, with financial support from a fellowship provided by the National Science Foundation.

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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett started college at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, when he was just 16. He initially studied business there but later transferred to the University of Nebraska, where he completed his undergraduate degree in three years. Despite facing rejection from Harvard Business School, Buffett continued his education at Columbia University, earning a master's degree in economics.

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Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison demonstrated a keen interest in math and science from a young age and was recognised as the science student of the year at the University of Illinois. Unfortunately, he faced a significant setback during his second year when his adoptive mother passed away, leading him to drop out of school. Although he later enrolled at the University of Chicago the next fall, he dropped out again after completing the first semester.

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