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America’s 24 Richest Billionaires Who Didn’t Graduate From College: High School Graduates And High School Drop Outs

You’d be surprised, these 24 insanely successful “high school grads and high school drop outs” who have made it into the Forbes’ annual list of the 400 richest without stepping on a college campus.

Yeah, 22 of the America’s richest billionaires have only high school degrees and 2 (David Murdock and Todd Christopher) dropped out of high school without going on to college.

Whether its intelligence, creativity, drive, or just plain luck, these 24 people are billionaires with no College degree.

With $11 billion net worth, Harold Hamm, chairman of Continental Resources Inc. is the richest of these high school graduates and dropouts.

Today, we look at America’s 24 successful people who have made it into the Forbes’ annual list of the 400 richest without stepping on a college campus.

America’s 24 richest billionaires Who Didn’t Graduate From College (high school graduates and dropouts)

The 24 richest high school graduates and high school drop outs in America, 2017:

  1. Harold Hamm (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 43
    Net worth: $11 billion
  2. Andrew Beal (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 45
    Net worth: $10.9 billion
  3. David Green (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 76
    Net worth: $6.4 billion
  4. Christy Walton (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 85
    Net worth: $6.1 billion
  5. Dennis Washington (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 94
    Net worth: $5.7 billion
  6. Diane Hendricks (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 122
    Net worth: $4.9 billion
  7. Sheldon Solow (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 140
    Net worth: $4.7 billion
  8. Nick Caporella (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 150
    Net worth: $4.5 billion
  9. Archie Aldis Emmerson & family (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 167
    Net worth: $4.1 billion
  10. Isaac Perlmutter (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 179
    Net worth: $3.9 billion
  11. Richard Schulze (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 219
    Net worth: $3.4 billion
  12. Barry Diller (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 240
    Net worth: $3.2 billion
  13. Haim Saban (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 240
    Net worth: $3.2 billion
  14. John Paul DeJoria (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 248
    Net worth: $3.1 billion
  15. Diane Kemper (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 248
    Net worth: $3.1 billion
  16. James Leprino (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 264
    Net worth: $3 billion
  17. Don Vultaggio & family (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 264
    Net worth: $3 billion
  18. David Murdock (High School Dropouts)
    Forbes Rank: 288
    Net worth: $2.8 billion
  19. Do Won Chang & Andrew Chang (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 302
    Net worth: $2.7 billion
  20. Sean Parker (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 315
    Net worth: $2.6 billion
  21. Daniel Abraham (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 374
    Net worth: $2.1 billion
  22. Eric Smidt (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 374
    Net worth: $2.1 billion
  23. Ronald Wanek (High School Graduates)
    Forbes Rank: 374
    Net worth: $2.1 billion
  24. Todd Christopher (High School Dropouts)
    Forbes Rank: 374
    Net worth: $2.1 billion

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