Fifty-eight members of the Forbes 400 either avoided colleg… - Eric Barker

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Fifty-eight members of the Forbes 400 either avoided college or ditched it partway through. These fifty-eight — almost 15 percent of the total — have an average net worth of $4.8 billion. This is 167 percent greater than the average net worth of the four hundred, which is $1.8 billion. It’s more than twice the average net worth of those four hundred members who attended Ivy League colleges.

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