Iconic Executives Without College Degrees

Iconic Executives Without College Degrees An advanced degree is certainly helpful in any business climate-no one disputes that. But degrees do not guarantee success and true entrepreneurs and leaders often have other special talents and virtues that empower them to achieve great success. I work with many executives who do NOT have their advanced degree and some have no college degree at all â€" and they share with me in confidence that they worry about the perception of that. To be sure we are looking at the picture of success with eyes wide open, lets take a look at just a very small list of executives (in no particular order) who did NOT obtain their college degree: Ted Turner, Time Warner / AOL Philanthropist Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Corporation Anna Wintour, English Editor-In-Chief of American  Vogue Sheldon Adelson, CEO and Chairman of  Las Vegas Sands Bill Gates,  Co-Founder of Microsoft Corp Steve Jobs, The late  Co-Founder of Apple Matt Mullenweg, Founder of WordPress Larry Ellison, the CEO of  Oracle Arash Ferdowsi, Co-Founder of Dropbox Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook   David Neeleman, Founder of JetBlue Airways Susan Lyne, CEO of AOLs Content Brands John Mackay, Founder of Whole Foods Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of  Dell Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)