Some of the biggest tech companies were founded by college dropouts. Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his dorm room at Harvard University, but later dropped out. Similarly, Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen after leaving Harvard midway through his studies.
However, Jeff Bezos, who is currently the fourth richest person in the world and the founder of the retail and AI giant Amazon, stated in an interview last autumn that Zuckerberg and Gates are the 'exception' to the idea that all major tech firms were founded by college dropouts and that college degrees are not important. Bezos has a net worth of $264 billion (£196.6 billion), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
