6 Indian College Dropouts Who Are Now Billionaires

Bangalore: Education is the stepping stone to success. But some may deny this phrase after going through a brief about the billionaires who made it to the top without even completing their college. Most of the times the craze to achieve something makes a person take routes that nobody else dares. For them, education is just another step towards success but it not necessarily guarantees it. These billionaires wrote their own fate with smart work and determination. And India rejoice the fact that 6 college dropout Indians have made it to the list of billionaires.

 

Let’s have a look at these 6 Indians among college drop-out billionaires who never attended the farewell party of their college-

 

Mukesh Ambani
Global Rank: 22
Networth: $21.5 billion
Source of wealth: Petrochemicals, oil and gas

 

An Indian by birth, Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company by market value. He holds the 22^nd position as world’s richest person and is the 2^nd wealthiest person in Asia. He was named as one of the richest sport

 

Micky Jagtiani
Global Rank: 329
Networth: $4 billion
Source of wealth: Retail

 

The owner of Dubai-based retail stores group, Landmark, Micky 'Mukesh' Jagtiani is an Indian businessman and the 16^th richest person in India. He did his schooling from Madras, Mumbai and Beirut and although he joined London accounting school, later he dropped out. He started working as a taxi driver before moving to Bahrain and taking over his family business. The business, Landmark Group eventually moved to Dubai and extended its arms in Middle East and Southeast Asia.  

s owner in the world by Forbes in 2012. Mukesh Amabani completed Chemical Engineering from University of Mumbai and enrolled in Stanford University for MBA but dropped out to help his father in business.

 

 

Gautam Adani
Global Rank: 437
Networth: $3.1 billion
Source of wealth: Commodities, infrastructure

 

Gautam Adani is the chairman of Adani Group, a globally integrated infrastructure player with businesses across coal mining, oil and gas transportation, gas distribution etc. He established the Adani Exports in 1988, a flagship company of Adani Group and he is also the founder and promoter of Adani Power. In 2011, Adani Power saw its name in Fortune India 500 list as the 334rth top company in India. He dropped out from Gujarat University and did not complete his bachelor’s due to financial restraints.

 

Subhash Chandra
Global Rank: 61
Networth: $2.4 billion
Source of wealth: Media

 

Subhash Chandra is an Indian businessman and is the chairman of Essel Group. He is referred as the Media Mogul in India and was responsible for launching India’s first satellite television channel Zee TV. In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious International Emmy Directorate Award and he became the first Indian ever to receive it. Forbes ranked him as the 22^nd richest person in India. Although he dropped out after high school, he made his mark as an influential businessman and philanthropist in India.

 

 

Joy Alukkas
Global Rank: 1342
Networth: $1 billion
Source of wealth: Jewellery

 

Joy Alukkas is the founder and chairman of the Indian Jewellery Group called Joyalukkas that currently has around 85 retail jewelry outlets across 9 countries. He started working in his father’s jewellery showroom founded in 1956 after quitting his studies. Forbes Asia listed him as one of the 100 richest persons in India and his brand is ‘Superbrand’ award winner of United Arab Emirates for the year 2010-11.