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10 Harvard Dropouts Who Turned Out Successful
By siliconindia |
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 02:07 IST
Matt Damon
Matt Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist who attended Harvard during the period of 1988-1992. Having been known for missing classes, the Boston born actor used to frequently cut class to attend auditions during his time at Harvard.
Damon, an English major, dropped out of his senior year after earning a spot in the film "Geronimo: An American Legend." However it wasn't until 1997 that Damon received his big break starring in "Good Will Hunting," which was the success of his and Ben Affleck's award-winning screenplay.
Ever since then his career has taken off, making his net worth approximately $75 million. The actor/producer is also heavily involved in charitable work and is one of the founders of Water.org.
Mark Zuckerberg
The wonder kid of internet, Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard, which he attended during 2002-2004.
On February, 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched the first version of Facebook from his Harvard dorm, and his company is not unknown to people of every group and has turned out to be a great friend in this busy world. Mark, who is now worth approximately $35 billion, is gifted with great parents who supported him through his bad patches and even funded his company in its initial stages. Facebook went public in 2012 for the fourth-biggest IPO ever and biggest in tech at $16 billion.
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