Society tells us that by staying in school we'll be much more successful in life than those who don't well people on here proved everything wrong by dropping out of school and yet still became filthy rich
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino was only 15 when he dropped out of Narbonne high school and then started theater while taking acting classes at his 20s. He started working at the video archives and started writing some of his most notable movies such as Natural Born Killers and true romance, then in 1992 he got his big break and directorial debut in directing Reservoir Dogs which made him an overnight success.Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin dropped out of high school at the age of 15, so that she could care for her first child but when she was 14 she was already recording tracks and touring with her father'sgospel group and slowly started making a name for herself. Today she's one of the biggest divas and recording artists the history has seen with 18 Grammys and she became the first female artist to be included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.George Foreman
Vidal Sasson
Vidal Sasson spent his early days in aJewish orphanage until he was reunited with his mother at the age of 11. Then hedropped out of high school at the age of 14 in London to become an apprentice forhairdressing which ended up being a wisecareer choice. Vidal Sassoon invented theBob look in the 1960s and became one ofthe most sought-after hairstylist of the era and was even paid $5,000.He flown to the United States to cut and style Mia Farrow's hair for the movie Rosemary's Baby. He sadly passed away in 2012.
Richard Branson
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You may know Richard Branson as the billionaire tycoon who owns the Virgin Bread. At the age of 16 Branson dropped out of school and still managed to be the king of one of the biggest empires on earth. He has also spoken out against the university system and seems to be flying high literally into space over everyone's diplomas and degrees.
Mike Hudak
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David Karp
David Karp is only 15 years old when he dropped out of high school at the prestigious Bronx High School of Science. While living in his mother's apartment in Manhattan he developed the web blog and social media site Tumblr and became a major success .
Francois Pinault
Francois Pinault had a hard time in school and his classmates made fun of him because he had a poor background. So in 1947 Francois dropped out of high school to help his father with his lumber mill. But today the billionaire owns several of the biggest fashion houses in the industry like Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent as well as Christie's auction house. He's now one of the richest men in France and worth about fourteen billion dollars.
Joe Lewis
Joe Lewis works from his yacht most of the year and owns one of the fastest growing communities in the world, A medical city near Orlando. He also owns over a hundred fifty companies as well as enough art to be valued at 1 billion dollars.
Joe dropped out of high school at the age of 15, so that he could run his father's catering business.
Kirk Kerkorian
You might not be familiar with the name right away but if you have ever been to Las Vegas and he has seen the results kirk Kerkorian's hard work. He dropped out of school in the 8th grade and then became a fighter pilot in world war II and then used the money from that to make a major purchase of land in Las Vegas and helped develop the strip into what we know today. He held major stakes and some of the largest casinos in town and became a successful billionaire before passing away in June of 2015.
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