Straight A’s doesn’t mean you are learned

By ROSHAN THIRAN / The Star Oct 13, 2012
roshan.thiran@leaderonomics.com

Source: http://mystarjob.com/articles/story.aspx?file=/2012/10/13/mystarjob_careerguide/12111030&sec=mystarjob_careerguide

What do Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson and Simon Cowell have in common? Other than being incredibly rich and successful, they are also drop-outs. Apple Inc founder, Jobs, did one semester in college before taking his chances on the real world. So did Dell, who started Dell Inc (then PC’s Limited) with just US$1,000 and a short-lived college career. Gates is still “on leave” from Harvard to run his billion-dollar company, Microsoft Corp. Branson didn’t finish high school but did manage to make Virgin one of the most valuable and bankable brands in the world. Before he was making Idol wannabes miserable, Cowell was just a humble mailroom boy.