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Indian Millionaires who are College Drop Outs
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela… most famous & liberal former South African president.
This quote is accurate but not to these successful people who are millionaires today. These Indian Successors have not completed their education, and yet they have proudly won it all with their dedication and power.
1. Mr. Walchand Hirachand
After completing his college in Mumbai, he joined Deccan College of Pune for further studies but left the studies in between to join and establish his family business which was of Cotton trades. After trying several different things he gives the nation a present with Ravalgaon Sugar which is today’s Leader in Indian Confectionery Market.
2. Azim Premji
This Business/IT Tycoon, who is chairman of WIPRO left his studies due to the sudden death of His father. He was made chairman of Wipro at the age of just 21, leaving his Stanford University degree incomplete. But nevertheless always knowing and respecting the value of Education, this Millionaire completes his pending degree after 33 years that he left it. Kudos we say!
3. PNC Menon
Man who had a troublesome childhood, who left his education halfway, to pursue his dreams of Business in Interior decoration. Mr. Puthan Neduvakkatt Chenthamaraksha Menon, generally called PNC Menon was a dropout from Sree Kerala Varma College[ in Thrissur], just to find himself starting a Construction Company “Sobha Developers” named after his Wife.
4. Vinod Goenka
The man whom Forbes list as one of the most successful billionaires in the world, who even despite being associated with 2G Spectrum Scam, has his Real-Estate Firm DB Realty on top as always. The managing director and also co-founder of this firm has actually been a dropout from his college to join his Family Business.
5. Micky Jagtani
How can we not mention him? Mukesh[Micky] Jagtani, who was a dropout from the London School, drove a taxi in his struggling days. And today as we all know, he was the first Indian to be crowned with Top Position on Gulf Co-operation council’s “The Richest Indian-origin Entrepreneur’s List ”
6. Mukesh Ambani
Does the Man need Introduction? His Reliance Industries is the leading company in India. He is also placed in the second position in “The Bloomberg Billionaires Index” list of Richest man in Asia, and ninth Richest on World. But do we all know that he was Stanford University Drop out, to help his father to rebuild the success of Reliance?
7. Gautam Adani
The man behind Adani Group. He not just left his degree in his second year, from A Gujarat University, but also left the family textiles business behind and started to struggle and live for his dreams in Mumbai.
8. Subhash Chandra
India’s First Satelite channel Zee Tv, and the person behind this successful discovery is Mr. Chandra. He was the 12th dropout, tried his luck with the Rice Export business but ended up with Essel Group being a Most important figure in Media.
9. Shahid Balwa
The Youngest Indian on Forbes List of 10 Youngest Billionaires in World. He is Promoter of DB group, who left his college to help his father with his Hotel Business.
10. Kunal Shah
freecharge.in is his success story. Drop out from NMIMS, he is CEO and co-founder of Freecharge.in. His online recharge site has made him one of the successful business persona today.
