From Elon Musk to Bill Gates: Educational Qualification of Billionaires 

Jul 14, 2023, 11:53 IST

Tanisha Rajput

Mark Zuckerberg 

The Meta CEO is a Harvard dropout. He was pursuing psychology and computer science.  

Sergey Brin 

Google co-founder Brin earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps by studying mathematics and computer science. He was later accepted at Stanford University for a PhD in computer science. 

Larry Page 

Google CEO Larry Page has a Bachelor of Science with honours in computer engineering from the University of Michigan. He later earned a Master of Science in computer science and a PhD from Stanford University.  

Warren Buffett 

Berkshire Hathaway CEO graduated from Wharton University, Pennsylvania, at the age of 20, and then earned a Master of Science in economics from Columbia Business School.

Steve Ballmer 

The former Microsoft CEO graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics from Harvard University.

Bill Gates 

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a Harvard dropout. He was pursuing his degree as a pre-law major.  

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Bernard Arnault 

Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH Moet Hennessy, has an engineering degree from the Ecole Polytechnique.  

Elon Musk 

The world’s richest man graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He was accepted to a PhD programme at Stanford University, but dropped out. 

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