首先,没有学位的CEO们并不是什么学位都没有,而是没有大学学位,不过没关系,功成名就之后自然有学位送上门来,象Bill Gates的哈佛学位。 另外,人家没有学位可以当CEO,照样赚钱,可换在咱身上可只能要饭了。不是没自信,而是...没那个实力。当然了,说到孩子,那...可能还有个意外。 1 Dennis Albaugh
Chairman, Albaugh Type of Business: Pesticides Education: Associate's degree from Des Moines Area Community College Fun fact: He has a collection of more than 100 classic Chevrolets
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2.Paul Allen Founder and chairman, Vulcan Type of Business: Media, telecommunications Education: Dropped out of Washington State College after two years Fun fact: He persuaded Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard. They later founded Microsoft together.
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3 Richard Branson CEO, Virgin Group Type of Business: Travel, radio, TV, music, venture capital Education: No college degree Fun fact: He became an entrepreneur at age 16 with the creation of Student magazine.
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4 Maverick Carter CEO, LRMR Innovative Marketing & Branding Type of Business: Marketing Education: 3.5 years of college at Western Michigan University and University of Akron combined Quote: "Don’t be afraid if you see an opportunity to go and give it shot. You can finish school later; it's always there."
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5 John Paul DeJoria CEO, John Paul Mitchell Systems Type of Business: Hair-care products Education: No college Fun fact: He started out selling greeting cards at age 9.
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6 Michael Dell Founder, chairman, and CEO Dell Type of Business: Computers Education: Attended University of Texas, Austin; did not finish. Quote: "When I started our company, it was very much an idea outside of the conventional wisdom, and if there were people telling me that it wasn't going to work, I wasn't really listening to them."
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7 Felix Dennis Founder and chairman, Alpha Media Group, formerly Dennis Publishing Type of Business: Publishing (Maxim, The Week) Education: No college degree Fun fact: He wrote a biography and published a magazine about Bruce Lee; sales surged when the martial arts star died suddenly in 1973.
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8 Barry Diller Chairman and CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp Type of Business: Media Education: Dropped out of UCLA after three weeks Fun fact: He started his career working in the mail room of the William Morris Agency.
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9 Bill Gates Co-chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Chairman, Microsoft Type of Business: Philanthropy. Software. Education: Dropped out of Harvard Fun fact: As a schoolboy, he created a program that allowed people to play tic-tac-toe on the computer.
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10 Mukesh "Micky" Jagtiani Chairman, Landmark International (Dubai) Type of Business: Retailing Education: No college degree Fun fact: The billionaire mall developer flunked out of a London accounting school as a teenager and worked as a taxi driver before becoming an entrepreneur.
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11 Dean Kamen Founder and chairman, Segway Type of Business: Motor vehicles Education: Dropped out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fun fact: Kamen founded FIRST, a robotics competition for high school students.
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12 David Oreck Founder, Oreck Type of Business: Vacuum cleaners Education: No college. At 17, enlisted in the army, and flew B-29 bombers during World War II Quote: "Things are never as bad as they seem to the pessimist and never as good as they seem to the optimist."
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13 Amancio Ortega Gaona President, Inditex Group Type of Business: Fashion retailing (Zara, Kiddy Class, others). (A Coruna, Spain) Education: No college Fun fact: Often cited as the richest man in Spain, he reportedly has never given any media interviews
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14 Phillip Ruffin Owner, Treasure Island Type of Business: Casinos Education: Attended Washburn University for three years and Wichita State University but never got his degree. Quote: "You get the most experience from the business of life."
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15 Alfred Taubman Founder, Taubman Centers. Philanthropist Type of Business: Shopping malls Education: Attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor for three years but left to start a family and his career Quote: "Become an expert in one fundamental area of your market or business. No one starts out as a generalist."
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16 Ty Warner Founder, Ty, Inc. Type of Business: Toys (stuffed animals) Education: Dropped out of college to pursue a career in acting. Later founded Ty Inc. Fun fact: The plush animals his company manufactured retailed for only $5 in the 1990s, but Beanie Baby-mania drove prices up to $30 or more for the hard-to-get characters.
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