From Gautam Adani To Mukesh Ambani: 5 Indian Billionaires Who Are College Dropouts And Their Net Worth

Some of the world's richest people have proved that your very high educational qualifications or degrees are no guarantee that you will surely achieve huge success in life. The individuals that we have included in our list have proved that even if you are a college dropout you can become not only a billionaire but also one of the world's richest persons.

Our list of Indian billionaires who are college dropouts but have achieved huge success and fame in their lives include Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Azim Premji, Nikhil Kamath, and Savitri Jindal.

Mukesh Ambani:

Mukesh Ambani, the Indian billionaire and Reliance Industries chairman is India's richest person. Very few people know that Mukesh Ambani is a dropout of Stanford University, where he got enrolled to do his MBA. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mukesh Ambani is the world's 12th richest person with a net worth of $84.2 billion.

Gautam Adani:

Adani group founder, Gautam Adani is the world's 22nd richest individual with a net worth of $57.7 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Gautam Adani was born in Gujarat. Adani dropped out of college in the second year of his graduation to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams.

Azim Premji:

Azim Premji is the chairman and largest shareholder of IT giant Wipro. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Premji has a net worth of $22.5 billion. The business tycoon dropped out of Stanford University after his father, Muhammad Hashim Premji, passed away. He later completed his education after more than 30 years.

Savitri Jindal:

With a net worth of $17.3 Billion, Savitri Jindal is India's wealthiest woman controls O.P. Jindal Group, which was set up by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal. Savitri Jindal was born on March 20, 1950, and grew up in Assam's Tinsukia town. She got married to OP Jindal in 1970. They have 9 children together. Though, Savitri Jindal is not really a dropout, but she never received any formal education.

Nikhil Kamath:

According to Forbes, Nikhil Kamath has a net worth of $5.5 Billion as of October 26, 2023. Nikhil Kamath co-founded the discount brokerage Zerodha in 2010 and went on to disrupt the brokerage market in India. Nikhil is a school dropout as he started trading at the age of 17. Kamath also worked at a call center before deciding to trade stocks.