Rich people that never graduated high school.

Let’s
take a look at some very rich individuals who never graduated high
school:

1. Richard
   Branson (Virgin) – With an estimated net worth of $4 billion,
   Richard left high school at age 16 to start an arts and cultural
   magazine called Student.
   
2. Eminem
   (Rapper) – With a net worth over $300 million, Eminem once
   failed the ninth grade three times before dropping out.
   
3. Jay-Z (Rapper)
   – With a net worth of nearly $500 million, Jay Z never graduated
   high school.
   
4. Andrew
   Jackson (President of the United States, picture on twenty dollar
   bill) – With little formal education, Andrew studied law
   in his late teens and became a lawyer.
   
5. Jack London
   – American author
   
6. Ray Charles
   – American musician
   
7. Dizzy Gillespie
   – American musician
   
8. Peter Jennings
   – US/Canadian journalist
   
9. Ansel Adams
   – US nature photographer
   
10. Louis Armstrong
    – American musician
    
11. Humphrey
    Bogart – Actor
    
12. Rosa Parks
    – Activist
    
13. 007 –
    Superspy (Neither Sean Connery nor Pierce Brosnan graduated)
    
14. Charles
    Chaplin – Actor-writer-director-producer
    
15. Thomas
    Haffa – German self-made double digit billionaire
    

One brother and one sister of mine who never graduated high school made multiple millions. Another brother who did graduate from high school but no college also did the same. All of us ( there were 8!) are quite happy. Which in my opinion, is far more important than money. None of us are 'poor'. It takes brains, yes. But more importantly, it takes skills. Determination. And also opportunity. Guts too.

Oh! I forgot to add, it takes an awful lot of hard work as well.

I got drunk at the beach every day in my senior year so had to go to summer school to even graduate.
So why did I get screwed outta bein rich? I guess I shoulda dropped out and never went back. lol

TEOTWAWKI wrote:
[*] Rosa Parks
– Activist

How did she get rich? I didn't know ridin a bus could be that lucrative?

Bob wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:
[*] Rosa Parks
– Activist

How did she get rich? I didn't know ridin a bus could be that lucrative?

Probably from gathering change that fell out of people's pockets from the seats.

Architeuthis wrote:
Probably from gathering change that fell out of people's pockets from the seats.

Redistribution of wealth. I shoulda known.

Bob wrote:Redistribution of wealth. I shoulda known.

Immediately followed by the "circular flow of income."

TEOTWAWKI wrote:Let’s
take a look at some very rich individuals who never graduated high
school:

1. Richard
   Branson (Virgin) – With an estimated net worth of $4 billion,
   Richard left high school at age 16 to start an arts and cultural
   magazine called Student.
   
2. Eminem
   (Rapper) – With a net worth over $300 million, Eminem once
   failed the ninth grade three times before dropping out.
   
3. Jay-Z (Rapper)
   – With a net worth of nearly $500 million, Jay Z never graduated
   high school.
   
4. Andrew
   Jackson (President of the United States, picture on twenty dollar
   bill) – With little formal education, Andrew studied law
   in his late teens and became a lawyer.
   
5. Jack London
   – American author
   
6. Ray Charles
   – American musician
   
7. Dizzy Gillespie
   – American musician
   
8. Peter Jennings
   – US/Canadian journalist
   
9. Ansel Adams
   – US nature photographer
   
10. Louis Armstrong
    – American musician
    
11. Humphrey
    Bogart – Actor
    
12. Rosa Parks
    – Activist
    
13. 007 –
    Superspy (Neither Sean Connery nor Pierce Brosnan graduated)
    
14. Charles
    Chaplin – Actor-writer-director-producer
    
15. Thomas
    Haffa – German self-made double digit billionaire
    

Often people drop out of school because they are not motivated by the cookie-cutter education system. These people often go on to do exceptional things in areas not offered by our current education system. I remember talking with a gentleman who was just bored to death with school and dropped out in the 10th grade. He talked about how as a child he loved to watch the sparks coming from a local welding shop. He became an apprentice welder and developed into a master welder where he developed a better and safer way to do underwater welding which he patented, which in turn made him a wealthy man. He used his wealth to institute a formal welding school that is now used around the world.

Absolutely true. Some very intelligent and/or creative people are very bored in school. Of course, many slackers who will never amount to a hill of beans are also very bored in school.

Nekochan wrote:Absolutely true. Some very intelligent and/or creative people are very bored in school. Of course, many slackers who will never amount to a hill of beans are also very bored in school.

Well, the slackers may not be totally bored in school. They are in the back of the room rolling dice or playing cards.

Architeuthis wrote:

Nekochan wrote:Absolutely true. Some very intelligent and/or creative people are very bored in school. Of course, many slackers who will never amount to a hill of beans are also very bored in school.

Well, the slackers may not be totally bored in school. They are in the back of the room rolling dice or playing cards.

True!

TEOTWAWKI wrote:Let’s
take a look at some very rich individuals who never graduated high
school:

1. Richard
   Branson (Virgin) – With an estimated net worth of $4 billion,
   Richard left high school at age 16 to start an arts and cultural
   magazine called Student.
   
2. Eminem
   (Rapper) – With a net worth over $300 million, Eminem once
   failed the ninth grade three times before dropping out.
   
3. Jay-Z (Rapper)
   – With a net worth of nearly $500 million, Jay Z never graduated
   high school.
   
4. Andrew
   Jackson (President of the United States, picture on twenty dollar
   bill) – With little formal education, Andrew studied law
   in his late teens and became a lawyer.
   
5. Jack London
   – American author
   
6. Ray Charles
   – American musician
   
7. Dizzy Gillespie
   – American musician
   
8. Peter Jennings
   – US/Canadian journalist
   
9. Ansel Adams
   – US nature photographer
   
10. Louis Armstrong
    – American musician
    
11. Humphrey
    Bogart – Actor
    
12. Rosa Parks
    – Activist
    
13. 007 –
    Superspy (Neither Sean Connery nor Pierce Brosnan graduated)
    
14. Charles
    Chaplin – Actor-writer-director-producer
    
15. Thomas
    Haffa – German self-made double digit billionaire
    

And the list of failures who didn't graduate high school, become famous, or luck out getting rich??? I'm thinking you don't have time to list them here nor does Boards have the bandwidth to let you.

Eminem
(Rapper) – With a net worth over $300 million, Eminem once
failed the ninth grade three times before dropping out.

How do you once fail something 3 times?

Lurch wrote:Eminem
(Rapper) – With a net worth over $300 million, Eminem once
failed the ninth grade three times before dropping out.

How do you once fail something 3 times?

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He didn't pay attention in home room. He was too busy scribbling in that little black book with his poems in it.

Is there a list of alcoholics or addicts who eventually became normal people?
I can't think of a single one.
Most return to their normal addiction and ruin the lives of those around them.

Ghandi wrote:Is there a list of alcoholics or addicts who eventually became normal people?
I can't think of a single one.
Most return to their normal addiction and ruin the lives of those around them.

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Working the list again troll...?

W_T_M wrote:

Ghandi wrote:Is there a list of alcoholics or addicts who eventually became normal people?
I can't think of a single one.
Most return to their normal addiction and ruin the lives of those around them.

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Working the list again troll...?

Addictions are a sign of the weak minded.
With that being said, your opinion means less than dog poo to normal people. But then again, you're probably too weak minded to realize that.
-600+. Feel loved and wanted here? Or anywhere for that matter. AA meetings are probably the only place that you are tolerated. I wouldn't be suprised if even they wanted you gone. justin casey you can't see that on your own. Poor thing.

Oh sweetie, you just can't get over your pathetic little loathsome self, can you...?

W_T_M wrote:Oh sweetie, you just can't get over your pathetic little loathsome self, can you...?

You want sweatie? Try sal. I'm straight and sober.
Useless little man.

Ghandi wrote:

W_T_M wrote:Oh sweetie, you just can't get over your pathetic little loathsome self, can you...?

You want sweatie? Try sal. I'm straight and sober.
Useless little man.

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No sweetie...I know you like them sweaty, but that ain't me.

And you are neither straight nor sober.

W_T_M wrote:

Ghandi wrote:

W_T_M wrote:Oh sweetie, you just can't get over your pathetic little loathsome self, can you...?

You want sweatie? Try sal. I'm straight and sober.
Useless little man.

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No sweetie...I know you like them sweaty, but that ain't me.

And you are neither straight nor sober.

Want to bet?

Waitresses and hookers call men sweatie. Which one are you?

Have fun with your mental masturbation.

W_T_M wrote:Have fun with your mental masturbation.

Seek help.
Is your family happier now or when you was a drunk?
You probably don't know the answer.
Sorry excuse for a man.

Ghandi wrote:

W_T_M wrote:

Ghandi wrote:Is there a list of alcoholics or addicts who eventually became normal people?
I can't think of a single one.
Most return to their normal addiction and ruin the lives of those around them.

.......................................

Working the list again troll...?

Addictions are a sign of the weak minded.
With that being said, your opinion means less than dog poo to normal people. But then again, you're probably too weak minded to realize that.
-600+. Feel loved and wanted here? Or anywhere for that matter. AA meetings are probably the only place that you are tolerated. I wouldn't be suprised if even they wanted you gone. justin casey you can't see that on your own. Poor thing.

For someone who was voted most disliked on a forum you sure are calling the kettle black. Uh oh did someone say black? Just the fact that you have a -97 proves the voting system is beyond corrupt. Why don't you take your racist little hiney back to the KKK camp and wash it? The smell has become visible.