How many times were you told to make sure you worked hard in high school so you could go to college and get a good career job?多少次被你告诉，以确保你辛辛苦苦地工作，在高中这样您就可以进入大学并取得良好的职业工作呢？ Okay, maybe not all of you got nagged about it, but probably a good portion of today’s generation of adults did.好吧，也许不是全部，你明白nagged约，但可能是一个很好的部分，今天的这一代的成年人没有。

It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary.它的自然不知是否学院，实在是必要的。 A college degree, as many have found, is no guarantee of a good career.大学学历，正如许多人所发现，是不能保证一个良好的职业生涯。 On the flipside, there are many successful entrepreneurs who didn’t need their college education and become millionaires anyway.关于flipside ，有许多成功的企业家谁没有需要他们的大学教育，成为百万富翁，反正。 Here are fifteen of them, both contemporary and from the past, in alphabetical order.这里有15人，无论是当代和从过去的，按字母顺序排列。

• Mary Kay Ash.玫琳凯灰。 The founder of Mary Kay Inc. started a cosmetics business.创始人玫琳凯公司开始了化妆品生意。 While she didn’t have a college education or any training, she successfully created a brand known throughout the world.虽然她没有大专以上学历或任何训练，她成功地建立了一个品牌是世界知名的。 To date, nearly half a million women have started Mary Kay businesses, selling cosmetics.到目前为止，近50万妇女已开始玫琳凯的企业，销售化妆品。 Their appreciation for Mary Kay Ash is unwavering.他们赞赏玫琳凯灰是坚定不移的。
• Richard Branson.理查德布兰森。 Richard Branson is best known for his thrill seeking spirit and outrageous business tactics.理查德布兰森是最出名的，他寻求刺激的精神和惊人的商业策略。 He dropped out at the age of 16 and started his first successful business venture, Student Magazine.他退出了在16岁以下，并开始他的首次成功创业，学生杂志。 He is the owner of the Virgin brand and its 360 companies.他是主人的美属维尔京的品牌和它的360公司。 His companies include Virgin Megastore and Virgin Atlantic Airway.他的公司还包括美属维尔京megastore和维尔京大西洋航空公司气道。
• Coco Chanel.可可夏奈尔。 An orphan for many years, Gabrielle Coco Chanel trained as a seamstress.一个孤儿，多年来，加布里埃可可夏奈尔的训练作为一个裁缝。 Determined to invent herself, she threw out the ideas that the fashion world deemed feminine, boldly using fabric and styles normally reserved for men.决心发明自己，她抛出的想法时装世界当作女性，大胆利用结构和风格，通常保留给男性。 A perfume bearing her name, Chanel No. 5 kept her name famous. 1香水轴承她的名字，夏奈尔5号不断以她的名义著名。
• Simon Cowell.西蒙cowell 。 Simon Cowell started in a mailroom for a music publishing company.西蒙cowell开始在一个邮件收发，为音乐出版公司。 He has since become an Artist and Repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the UK, and a television producer and judge for major television talent contests including American Idol.他已经成为一个艺术家和曲目（一与R ）长官索尼BMG公司在英国，和电视节目制作和法官为主要的电视人才的竞赛，包括美国偶像。
• Michael Dell.迈克尔戴尔。 With $1,000, dedication and desire, Michael Dell dropped out of college at age 19 to start PC’s Limited, later named Dell, Inc. Dell became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world.与1000美元，奉献精神和愿望，迈克尔戴尔退出了学院在19岁开始PC的有限的，后来命名为戴尔，戴尔公司，成为最赚钱的个人电脑制造商在世界上。 In 1996, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation offered a $50 million grant to The University of Texas at Austin to be used for children’s health and education in the city.在1996年，迈克尔和苏珊戴尔基金会提供了5000万美元捐赠给德州大学奥斯汀分校可用于儿童的健康和教育在这个城市。
• Henry Ford.亨利福特。 At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist.在16日，亨利福特离开了家，以学徒作为一个机械师。 He later started Ford Motor Company to manufacture automobiles.后来他开始福特汽车公司制造的汽车。 Ford’s first major success, the Model T, allowed Ford to open a large factory and later start the assembly line production, revolutionalizing the auto-making industry.福特汽车的第一次重大成功，示范吨，使福特汽车公司打开一个大型工厂，后来开始装配生产线的生产， revolutionalizing汽车业。
• Bill Gates.比尔盖茨。 Ranked as the world’s richest person from 1995-2006, Bill Gates was a college drop out.被列为世界上最富有的人从1995年至2006年，比尔盖茨是一个大学辍学。 He started the largest computer software company, Microsoft Corporation.他开始最大的计算机软件公司，微软公司。 Gates and his wife are philanthropists, starting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on global health and learning.盖茨和他的妻子是慈善家，开始比尔和梅林达盖茨基金会并把重点放在全球性的健康和学习。

Go to College Startup to see the rest of the list:进入大学启动地看到，其余的名单：
* Barry Diller. *巴里迪勒。 Fox Broadcasting Company was started by a college dropout, Barry Diller.福克斯广播公司是由一位大学辍学，巴里迪勒。 Diller is now chairman of Expedia, and CEO of of IAC/InterActiveCorp which includes Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster.狄勒是现在Expedia的主席，总裁兼首席执行官的国际综艺合家欢/ InterActiveCorp公司，其中包括家居购物网和Ticketmaster 。
* Walt Disney. *华特迪士尼。 Having dropped out of high school at 16, Walt Disney’s career and accomplishments are astounding.有中途辍学，高中16岁，华特迪士尼的职业生涯和成就是令人惊叹。 The most influential animator, Disney holds the record for the most awards and nominations.最有影响力的漫画家，迪斯尼举行的纪录，为最奖项和提名。 Disney’s imagination included cartoons and theme parks.迪士尼的想象力，包括漫画和主题公园。 The Walt Disney Company now has annual revenue of $30 billion.华特迪士尼公司现在拥有的每年收入300亿美元。
* Debbi Fields. * debbi领域。 As a young, 20 year old housewife with no business experience, Debbi Fields started Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery.作为一个年轻， 20岁的家庭主妇，与没有生意经验， debbi领域开始夫人领域的巧克力chippery 。 With a recipe for chocolate chip cookies, this young woman became the most successful cookie company owner.与食谱，对巧克力的芯片的Cookie ，这个年轻的女子，成为最成功的cookie公司东主。 She later renamed, franchised, then sold Mrs. Field’s Cookies.后来她改名，专利，然后出售夫人领域的Cookie 。
* Henry Ford. *亨利福特。 At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist.在16日，亨利福特离开了家，以学徒作为一个机械师。 He later started Ford Motor Company to manufacture automobiles.后来他开始福特汽车公司制造的汽车。 Ford’s first major success, the Model T, allowed Ford to open a large factory and later start the assembly line production, revolutionalizing the auto-making industry.福特汽车的第一次重大成功，示范吨，使福特汽车公司打开一个大型工厂，后来开始装配生产线的生产， revolutionalizing汽车业。
* Bill Gates. *比尔盖茨。 Ranked as the world’s richest person from 1995-2006, Bill Gates was a college drop out.被列为世界上最富有的人从1995年至2006年，比尔盖茨是一个大学辍学。 He started the largest computer software company, Microsoft Corporation.他开始最大的计算机软件公司，微软公司。 Gates and his wife are philanthropists, starting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on global health and learning.盖茨和他的妻子是慈善家，开始比尔和梅林达盖茨基金会并把重点放在全球性的健康和学习。
* Milton Hershey. *米尔顿Hershey的。 With only a fourth grade education, Milton Hershey started his own chocolate company.只有四年级的教育，米尔顿好时开始，他自己的巧克力公司。 Hershey’s Milk Chocolate became the first nationally marketed chocolate. Hershey的的牛奶巧克力，成为首个国家销售的巧克力。 Hershey also focused on building a wonderful community for his workers, known as Hershey, Pennsylvania. Hershey的也侧重于建立一个美好的社会，为他的工人，被称为Hershey的，宾夕法尼亚州。
* Steve Jobs. *史蒂夫乔布斯。 After attending one semester of college, Steve Jobs worked for Atari before co-founding Apple Computers.后出席一个学期的大学，史蒂夫乔布斯工作Atari公司之前的合作，成立苹果电脑。 Now without the “Computers” in their name, Apple includes innovative products such as the iPod, iTunes, and most recently the iPhone.现在没有“电脑”在他们的名字，包括苹果电脑等创新产品的iPod ， iTunes会，以及最近的拥有。 Steve Jobs was also the CEO and co-founder of Pixar before it merged with Walt Disney.史蒂夫乔布斯还首席执行官和共同创始人皮克斯合并前，香港特区政府与迪士尼。
* Rachael Ray. * 239线。 Despite having no formal training in culinary arts, Rachel Ray has made a name for herself in the food industry.虽没有正式的训练，在厨艺，雷切尔射线提出了名称为自己在食品工业中。 With numerous shows on the Food Network, a talk show and cookbooks, high-energy Rachael doesn’t slow down.与众多表明，对食物网络，这是一个脱口秀节目和烹饪，高能耗239并不放缓。 She has also appeared in magazines as well has having her own magazine debut in 2006.她还出现在杂志以及已拥有自己的杂志首次在2006年。 She knew she was a success when a website dedicated to bashing her was created.她知道她是一位成功的，当一个网站专门扑头，她已创建。
* Ty Warner. *性华纳公司。 Sole owner, CEO, and Chairman of Ty, Inc., Ty Warner is a savvy, yet private business man.唯一拥有者，首席执行官，主席性公司，华纳性是一个精明的，但民营企业的人。 Ty, Inc., made $700 million in a single year with the Beanie Babies craze without spending money on advertising!性公司，取得了七亿元，在一个单一年与beanie婴儿热潮，没有把钱花在广告！ He has since expanded to include Ty Girlz dolls, directly competing with Bratz dolls.他自扩大到包括性girlz娃娃，直接竞争与bratz娃娃。
* Frank Lloyd Wright. *弗兰克劳埃德赖特。 Having never attended high school, Frank Lloyd Wright surpassed all odds when he became the most influential architect of the twentieth century.从未出席了高中，法兰克劳埃德赖特超过了所有的赔率，当他成为最有影响力的设计师，二十世纪。 Wright designed more than 1,100 projects with about half actually being built.赖特设计的1100多项目的一半左右，其实正在兴建中。 His designs have inspired numerous architects to look at the beauty around them and add to it.他的设计有启发无数建筑师，看看在他们周围的美容和添加到它。

Of course, just because these people made it does not of course mean that most people can do without a college degree.当然，只是因为这些人作出不当然意味着大多数人可以做的没有大学学位。 If you’ve got an entrepreneurial spirit, the degree is just a backup.如果您有一个积极进取的精神，学位只是一个备份。

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