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Worlds Wealthiest Gradpreneurs

December 20, 2011

We are always hearing about college drop outs, so why not those who actually graduated. Today we have a top ten list of university graduates who are now some of the wealthiest individuals in the world.

1) Warren buffett - CEO of Berkshire Hathaway - Net worth $50 Billion 

  • Education: Columbia University (MSc Economics) ; University of Nebraska Lincoln (Bachelor of Arts / Science in Business administration)  
  • Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
  • Source: Self Made, Investments

2) Bernard Arnault - Chairman, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) -  Net worth $41 Billion

  • Education: Ecole Polytechnique de Paris (Bachelor of Arts / Science,  Engineering degree
  • Hometown:Paris, France
  • Source: LVMH

3) Lakshmi Mittal - Chairman, ArcelorMittal - Net worth - $31 Billion 

  • Education: St Xavier''s College Calcutta (Bachelor of Arts / Science in Business and Accounting)
  • Source: Steel
  • Hometown: India

4) Mukesh Ambani - Chairman, Reliance Industries - Net worth $27 Billion

  • Education:  University of Bombay (Bachelor of Science in Engineering
  • Source: Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas
  • Hometown: India

5) Stefan Persson - Chairman, H&M - Net worth $24.5 Billion

  • Education: University of Stockholm (Associate in Arts / Science - Business Adminstration)
  • Source: H&M
  • Hometown Stockholm, Sweden

6) Vladimir Lisin - Chairman of Novolipetsk Steel - Net worth $24 Billion

  • Education: (Russian Academy of Economics; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Siberian Metallurgical Institute MSc and Doctorate in Metal Engineering and Economics)
  • Source: steel, self-made
  • Hometown: Moscow, Russia

7) David Thomson - Chairman at Reuters - Net worth $23 Billion 

  • Education: University of Cambridge (Master of Arts, History)
  • Source: Media
  • Residence: Toronto, Canada

8) Charles and David Koch - CEO and Executive Vice President, Koch Industries - Net worth $25 Billion individually 

  • Education: MIT (BSc & MSc in chemical engineering)
  • Source: diversified
  • Hometown: Wichita, KS

9) Jim Walton - Chairman of Arvest Bank - Net worth $21 Billion

  • Education: University of Arkansas (Bachelor of Arts / Science in Marketing)
  • Source: Wal-Mart
  • Hometown: Bentonville, AR

10) Michael Bloomberg - Founder and 88% owner of Bloomberg L.P - Net worth $19.5 billion

  • Education: Johns Hopkins University (Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School)
  • Source: Self made, Media.  Worked as a parking lot attendant to pay his university tuition fees
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