Achi news desk-
People usually wonder about the lives of the billionaires and the richest people in the world and are inspired by them to achieve similar financial success.
Attending prestigious educational institutions may have enabled them to reach the top, however, this is not always the case. Some of them have attended public sector institutions as well.
Elon Musk $197.4 billion
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, went to public schools in the city of Pretoria in South Africa where he was born. He is one of the richest people in the world.
The billionaire attended public schools; Waterkloof House Preparatory School and Bryanston High School.
For secondary education, he went to another public sector institution Pretoria Boys’ High School.
The Mars-obsessed also briefly attended the University of Pretoria to study computer science while awaiting a decision on a US visa application.
The 52-year-old later attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, for the same studies but switched to the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with degrees in physics and economics.
The Neuralink founder also secured admission to Stanford University on a PhD program but opted out two days later.
Jeff Bezos $199.6 billion
The founder of Amazon and the aerospace company Blue Origin Jeff Bezos had primary education from River Oaks Elementary School, Houston and went to a public institution at Miami Palmetto High School, before Princeton University.
The 60-year-old was also part of the Science Student Training Program at the University of Florida, before Princeton.
At Princeton he graduated with a degree in physics, then switched to electrical engineering and computer science.
The world’s richest person founded Amazon in his garage in 1994 and later served as president and CEO of the venture.
Mark Zuckerberg $151 billion
The fourth richest person Mark Zuckerberg is leaving Harvard University, which focused on developing Facebook which he co-founded in 2004.
He began his primary education at Ardsley Public High School in New York and then went to Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter.
