Future Opportunities With Tertiary Education Infographic

Future Opportunities With Tertiary Education Infographic

You're probably very impressed with the accomplishments of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. They've built their companies without anyone's help and achieved success out of nothing. The fact that astonishes everybody even more is that they both dropped out of their universities and didn't get any degree. Their success stories have been expiring youngsters all over the world. They now have more faith in themselves and are convinced that there's nothing impossible for a smart and ambitious person. They also believe that there's no need in tertiary education and you can achieve your goals just doing what you like and are good at. But is it really the case? Wouldn't it give you more future opportunities for professional development?

The Future Opportunities With Tertiary Education Infographic lists successful individuals with tertiary education who have made it to the 2015 Forbes’ list of the richest people in the world and were higher in it than Mark Zuckerberg. He and Bill Gates are merely exceptions to the rule.

Carlos Slim Helu
Occupation: Chairman & CEO of Telmex, América Móvil, Samsung Mexico and Grupo Carso
Forbes Rating: 2
Alma Mater: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Warren Buffet
Occupation: Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Forbes Rating: 3
Alma Mater: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Columbia Business School

Charles Koch
Occupation: Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries
Forbes Rating: 6
Alma Mater: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., M.S.)

David Koch
Occupation: VP of Koch Industries
Forbes Rating: 6
Alma Mater: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jim Walton
Occupation: Chairman of Arvest Bank; Chairman of Community Publishers
Forbes Rating: 9
Alma Mater: University of Arkansas

Bernard Arnault
Occupation: Chairman & CEO of LVMH; Chairman of Christian Dior S.A.
Forbes Rating: 13
Alma Mater: École Polytechnique

Michael Bloomberg
Occupation: Founder, CEO and owner of Bloomberg L.P.
Forbes Rating: 14
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Business School

Jeff Bezos
Occupation: Founder, Chairman & CEO of Amazon.com
Forbes Rating: 15
Alma Mater: Princeton University (B.S.E)