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?多少次被你告訴，以確保你辛辛苦苦地工作，在高中這樣您就可以進入大學並取得良好的職業工作呢？ Okay, maybe not all of you got nagged about it, but probably a good portion of today’s generation of adults did.好吧，也許不是全部，你明白nagged約，但可能是一個很好的部分，今天的這一代的成年人沒有。

It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary.它的自然不知是否學院，實在是必要的。 A college degree, as many have found, is no guarantee of a good career.大學學歷，正如許多人所發現，是不能保證一個良好的職業生涯。 On the flipside, there are many successful entrepreneurs who didn’t need their college education and become millionaires anyway.關於flipside ，有許多成功的企業家，他們並不需要他們的大學教育，成為百萬富翁，反正。 Here are fifteen of them, both contemporary and from the past, in alphabetical order.這裡有15人，無論是當代和從過去的，按字母順序排列。

• Mary Kay Ash.玫琳凱灰。 The founder of Mary Kay Inc. started a cosmetics business.創始人玫琳凱公司開始了化妝品生意。 While she didn’t have a college education or any training, she successfully created a brand known throughout the world.雖然她沒有大專以上學歷或任何訓練，她成功地建立了一個品牌是世界知名的。 To date, nearly half a million women have started Mary Kay businesses, selling cosmetics.到目前為止，近50萬婦女已開始玫琳凱的企業，銷售化妝品。 Their appreciation for Mary Kay Ash is unwavering.他們讚賞玫琳凱灰是堅定不移的。
• Richard Branson.理查德布蘭森。 Richard Branson is best known for his thrill seeking spirit and outrageous business tactics.理查德布蘭森是最出名的，他尋求刺激的精神和驚人的商業策略。 He dropped out at the age of 16 and started his first successful business venture, Student Magazine.他退出了在16歲以下，並開始他的首次成功創業，學生雜誌。 He is the owner of the Virgin brand and its 360 companies.他是主人的美屬維爾京的品牌和它的360公司。 His companies include Virgin Megastore and Virgin Atlantic Airway.他的公司還包括美屬維爾京megastore和維爾京大西洋航空公司氣道。
• Coco Chanel.可可夏奈爾。 An orphan for many years, Gabrielle Coco Chanel trained as a seamstress.一個孤兒，多年來，加布里埃可可夏奈爾的訓練作為一個裁縫。 Determined to invent herself, she threw out the ideas that the fashion world deemed feminine, boldly using fabric and styles normally reserved for men.決心發明自己，她拋出的想法時裝世界當作女性，大膽利用結構和風格，通常保留給男性。 A perfume bearing her name, Chanel No. 5 kept her name famous. 1香水軸承她的名字，夏奈爾5號不斷以她的名義著名。
• Simon Cowell.西蒙cowell 。 Simon Cowell started in a mailroom for a music publishing company.西蒙cowell開始在一個郵件收發，為音樂出版公司。 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.他已經成為一個藝術家和曲目（一與R ）長官索尼BMG公司在英國，和電視節目製作和法官為主要的電視人才的競賽，包括美國偶像。
• Michael Dell.邁克爾戴爾。 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.與1000美元，奉獻精神和願望，邁克爾戴爾退出了學院在19歲開始PC的有限的，後來命名為戴爾，戴爾公司，成為最賺錢的個人電腦製造商在世界上。 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，邁克爾和蘇珊戴爾基金會提供了5000萬美元捐贈給德州大學奧斯汀分校可用於兒童的健康和教育在這個城市。
• Henry Ford.亨利福特。 At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist.在16日，亨利福特離開了家，以學徒作為一個機械師。 He later started Ford Motor Company to manufacture automobiles.後來他開始福特汽車公司製造的汽車。 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.福特汽車的第一次重大成功，示範噸，使福特汽車公司打開一個大型工廠，後來開始裝配生產線的生產， revolutionalizing汽車業。
• Bill Gates.比爾蓋茨。 Ranked as the world’s richest person from 1995-2006, Bill Gates was a college drop out.被列為世界上最富有的人從1995年至2006年，比爾蓋茨是一個大學輟學。 He started the largest computer software company, Microsoft Corporation.他開始最大的計算機軟件公司，微軟公司。 Gates and his wife are philanthropists, starting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on global health and learning.蓋茨和他的妻子是慈善家，開始比爾和梅林達蓋茨基金會並把重點放在全球性的健康和學習。

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* Barry Diller. *巴里迪勒。 Fox Broadcasting Company was started by a college dropout, Barry Diller.福克斯廣播公司是由一位大學輟學，巴里迪勒。 Diller is now chairman of Expedia, and CEO of of IAC/InterActiveCorp which includes Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster.狄勒是現在Expedia的主席，總裁兼首席執行官的國際綜藝合家歡/ InterActiveCorp公司，其中包括家居購物網和Ticketmaster 。
* Walt Disney. *華特迪士尼。 Having dropped out of high school at 16, Walt Disney’s career and accomplishments are astounding.有中途輟學，高中16歲，華特迪士尼的職業生涯和成就是令人驚嘆。 The most influential animator, Disney holds the record for the most awards and nominations.最有影響力的漫畫家，迪斯尼舉行的紀錄，為最獎項和提名。 Disney’s imagination included cartoons and theme parks.迪士尼的想像力，包括漫畫和主題公園。 The Walt Disney Company now has annual revenue of $30 billion.華特迪士尼公司現在擁有的每年收入300億美元。
* Debbi Fields. * debbi領域。 As a young, 20 year old housewife with no business experience, Debbi Fields started Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery.作為一個年輕， 20歲的家庭主婦，與沒有生意經驗， debbi領域開始夫人領域的巧克力chippery 。 With a recipe for chocolate chip cookies, this young woman became the most successful cookie company owner.與食譜，對巧克力的芯片的Cookie ，這個年輕的女子，成為最成功的cookie公司東主。 She later renamed, franchised, then sold Mrs. Field’s Cookies.後來她改名，專利，然後出售夫人領域的Cookie 。
* Henry Ford. *亨利福特。 At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist.在16日，亨利福特離開了家，以學徒作為一個機械師。 He later started Ford Motor Company to manufacture automobiles.後來他開始福特汽車公司製造的汽車。 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.福特汽車的第一次重大成功，示範噸，使福特汽車公司打開一個大型工廠，後來開始裝配生產線的生產， revolutionalizing汽車業。
* Bill Gates. *比爾蓋茨。 Ranked as the world’s richest person from 1995-2006, Bill Gates was a college drop out.被列為世界上最富有的人從1995年至2006年，比爾蓋茨是一個大學輟學。 He started the largest computer software company, Microsoft Corporation.他開始最大的計算機軟件公司，微軟公司。 Gates and his wife are philanthropists, starting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on global health and learning.蓋茨和他的妻子是慈善家，開始比爾和梅林達蓋茨基金會並把重點放在全球性的健康和學習。
* Milton Hershey. *米爾頓Hershey的。 With only a fourth grade education, Milton Hershey started his own chocolate company.只有四年級的教育，米爾頓好時開始，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，成為首個國家銷售的巧克力。 Hershey also focused on building a wonderful community for his workers, known as Hershey, Pennsylvania. Hershey的也側重於建立一個美好的社會，為他的工人，被稱為Hershey的，賓夕法尼亞州。
* Steve Jobs. *喬布斯。 After attending one semester of college, Steve Jobs worked for Atari before co-founding Apple Computers.後出席一個學期的大學，喬布斯工作Atari公司之前的合作，成立蘋果電腦。 Now without the “Computers” in their name, Apple includes innovative products such as the iPod, iTunes, and most recently the iPhone.現在沒有“電腦”在他們的名字，包括蘋果電腦等創新產品的iPod ， iTunes會，以及最近我們擁有的。 Steve Jobs was also the CEO and co-founder of Pixar before it merged with Walt Disney.喬布斯還首席執行官和共同創始人皮克斯合併前，香港特區政府與迪士尼。
* Rachael Ray. * 239線。 Despite having no formal training in culinary arts, Rachel Ray has made a name for herself in the food industry.雖沒有正式的訓練，在廚藝，雷切爾射線提出了名稱為自己在食品工業中。 With numerous shows on the Food Network, a talk show and cookbooks, high-energy Rachael doesn’t slow down.與眾多表明，對食物網絡，這是一個脫口秀節目和烹飪，高能耗239並不放緩。 She has also appeared in magazines as well has having her own magazine debut in 2006.她還出現在雜誌以及已擁有自己的雜誌首次在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，當一個網站專門撲頭，她已創建。
* Ty Warner. *性華納公司。 Sole owner, CEO, and Chairman of Ty, Inc., Ty Warner is a savvy, yet private business man.唯一擁有者，首席執行官，主席性公司，華納性是一個精明的，但民營企業的人。 Ty, Inc., made $700 million in a single year with the Beanie Babies craze without spending money on advertising!性公司，取得了七億元，在一個單一年與beanie嬰兒熱潮，沒有把錢花在廣告！ He has since expanded to include Ty Girlz dolls, directly competing with Bratz dolls.他自擴大到包括性girlz娃娃，直接競爭與bratz娃娃。
* Frank Lloyd Wright. *弗蘭克勞埃德賴特。 Having never attended high school, Frank Lloyd Wright surpassed all odds when he became the most influential architect of the twentieth century.從未出席了高中，法蘭克勞埃德賴特超過了所有的賠率，當他成為最有影響力的設計師，二十世紀。 Wright designed more than 1,100 projects with about half actually being built.賴特設計的1100多項目的一半左右，其實正在興建中。 His designs have inspired numerous architects to look at the beauty around them and add to it.他的設計有啟發無數建築師，看看在他們周圍的美容和添加到它。

Of course, just because these people made it does not of course mean that most people can do without a college degree.當然，只是因為這些人作出不當然意味著大多數人可以做的沒有大學學位。 If you’ve got an entrepreneurial spirit, the degree is just a backup.如果您有創業精神，學位只是一個備份。