Zuckerberg initially enrolled at Harvard University but made the decision to drop out during his second year to focus on the development of Facebook. Facebook emerged from two earlier platforms he had created, namely FaceMash and HarvardConnection.com.
Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard to move to Silicon Valley and start his Facebook empire. Worked out well for him, I imagine he's on a good enough wage these days.
Bill Gates. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard after two years to start Microsoft - the business that would make him a millionaire at 26, and then the world's richest person - a title he held for several years. ...
Mark Zuckerberg offered Eduardo Saverin two-thirds of the company, but disputes arose over investment contributions and server costs, while Eduardo was left out when Mark and Dustin Moskowitz moved to Palo Alto due to coast to coast separation and Eduardo running another startup.
Harvard Commencement speaker Mark Zuckerberg asks Bill Gates for advice
Did Eduardo Saverin forgive Mark Zuckerberg?
"I have only good things to say about Mark, there are no hard feelings between us," Saverin said in an extensive interview this weekend with Veja, a Brazilian publication (translation via Forbes).
From scoring a US$65 million payout from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics to crypto fraud and bankruptcy. More than a decade after the 2010 film The Social Network catapulted them into the public eye, the Winklevoss twins – Cameron and Tyler – continue to make headlines.
Musk later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, and received bachelor's degrees in economics and physics. He moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University. However, Musk dropped out after two days and, with his brother Kimbal, co-founded online city guide software company Zip2.
The Martian star Matt Damon dropped out of Harvard with only 12 credits away from graduating. Although it might feel like a shame to be so close to the finish line, we know now it was also worth it. As it turns out, Damon dropped out in 1997 to begin his acting career and star in Geronimo: An American Legend.
He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973. He chose a pre-law major but took mathematics (including Math 55) and graduate level computer science courses. While at Harvard, he met fellow student and future Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
At that same time, in a galaxy not so far, far away, Portman was studying at Harvard. The actress graduated from high school and enrolled at Harvard in 1999 to get a bachelor's degree in psychology, graduating four years later. A year after graduating, she achieved her first Oscar nomination for Closer.
Where did Bill Gates go to college? Bill Gates attended Harvard University. However, he dropped out in his junior year to found Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen.
The reason? He believed the internet had more potential to impact the world than his research in physics. He wanted to capitalize on the internet boom and so he did, going on to launch his first company, Zip2, and selling it for over $300 million four years later.
Yes it is true the Mark Zuckerberg had a perfect score on the SAT (1600/1600). Jesse Eisenbeg who portrayed Mark Zurckerberg on the 'Social Network' had a score of 1260. So did many successful entrepreneurs ... Bill Gates had a near perfect score too.
Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 and founded Microsoft with Paul Allen. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the world's most famous college dropout, recently reflected on what he would have wanted to hear at the graduation ceremony he never had.
After being inseparable through grammar and high school, Damon enrolled in Harvard University, though he and Affleck remained close. Two years later, Affleck attended the University of Vermont. Affleck explained that he chose the school because he wanted to be with his high school girlfriend.
Damon graduated from high school in 1988 and enrolled at nearby Harvard, but two years later Affleck headed to the University of Vermont, "because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend," Ben explained to Parade.
Yes, Elon Musk is a college dropout. He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 and studied economics and physics, but he dropped out after two years to start a business. He later transferred to the University of Southern California, but did not complete his degree there either.
The son of a single mother, Bezos earned early admission to Princeton, originally intending to practice theoretical physics. After graduation, however, he realized the power of the internet and began selling books online, a small business venture that grew into the world's most powerful online retailer.
Yes, Steve Jobs dropped out of college. He enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, in 1972, but he dropped out after just six months. Jobs later explained that he felt the college education he was receiving was too expensive for his working-class parents and that he didn't see the value in it at that time.
Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. In 2007, at age 23, he was the world's youngest self-made billionaire at the time. He has since used his funds to organize multiple philanthropic endeavors, including the establishment of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
The couple has three daughters, Maxima, 7; August, 5; and baby Aurelia, born in March 2023. There's also a recurring theme that ties those three names together: All three kids' names are linked to those of Roman emperors — a time period that fascinates Zuckerberg.
Facebook made a lot of people millionaires but it made 10 people billionaires. The stock opened today at $38 per share. Using that price, Bloomberg calculated the net worth of Facebook's richest employees and investors. They're now worth ten or eleven figures.
