Educational Qualifications Of World's Richest People

12 September 2025

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The world's richest people not only top wealth charts but also have diverse education​al backgrounds, ranging from Ivy League degrees to dropouts

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Larry Ellison: World's richest; dropped out of University of Illinois and University of Chicago. Fortune: $393 billion

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Elon Musk: Studied at University of Pennsylvania; holds bachelor's degrees in Physics and Economics. Net worth: $385 billion

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Mark Zuckerberg: Meta CEO joined Harvard but left midway to build Facebook, becoming one of the most famous dropouts

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Jeff Bezos: Amazon founder studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Princeton University. Net worth: $243 billion

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Larry Page: Google co-founder holds a Computer Engineering degree from Michigan and a Computer Science master's from Stanford

Sergey Brin: Google co-founder earned a Math & Computer Science bachelor's from Maryland and a CS master's at Stanford

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Bernard Arnault: French tycoon with $151 billion net worth studied engineering at École Polytechnique in Paris. Known for luxury empire

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Steve Ballmer: Former Microsoft CEO graduated in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard; later dropped out of Stanford MBA

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Warren Buffett: Legendary investor holds a Business Administration degree from Nebraska and a master's in Economics from Columbia

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Jensen Huang: Nvidia co-founder earned Electrical Engineering degree at Oregon State and a master's at Stanford University

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