To be fair, you should do the exercice, write down the names and check if they had a formal education. You will probably find out that they all do. The common

To be fair, you should do the exercice, write down the names and check if they had a formal education. You will probably find out that they all do. The common figures (google/facebook for examples) are typical college graduates from a very top school, who happened to drop in the last year of bachelor or master to found a company, sponsored by their university network and connections. By the way I was talking having having a formal education versus no formal education and you're trying to move the conversation to dropouts. Dropping in the last year of a top US school (because you were given half a million dollar to form a company) qualifies as having a formal education.