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" I never let school interfere with my education"
- Mark Twain
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- Of the 691 billionaires on FORBES 2005 list, 388 are self-made; 18
are high school dropouts.
- The average net worth of billionaires who dropped out of college -
$9.4 billion (more than double that of billionaires who have earned Ph.D.s -
$3.2 billion).
- College dropouts are worth $5.3 billion on average, as compared to
those who finished and earned bachelor's degrees (wherein, in comparison, are worth $2.9 billion).
- According to a recent report from Cambridge, Mass.- based Forrester
Research, a full 20% of America's millionaires never even set foot in college.
- Self Educated....
- Billionares: 18
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U.S. Presidents: 8
- Astronauts: 1
- Noble Prize Winners: 10 (6 Literature, 2 Peace, 1 Physics, 1 Chemistry)
- Olympic Medal Winners: 61
- Oscar Winners: 61
- Best-Selling Authors: 55
- Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients : 13
- Congressional Gold Medal Recipients (U.S.): 12
- United States Goodwill Ambassadors: 2
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