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The Six Billionaires Who Are College Dropouts

5. It’s Orpah Winfrey. No, Wait, Misspelling On Birth Certificate Made It OPRAH WINFREY

Oprah Winfrey

In order to pursue a career in media, talk show mogul Oprah Winfrey left Tennessee State University in 1976. She is an actress, producer, philanthropist and media proprietor. The Oprah Winfrey Show one of the highest rated shows. She was born into a poverty stricken town to a single mother. Winfrey was then sent Tennessee, to live with her father, where she landed a job in radio while in high school. She began co-anchoring the evening news at the tender age of 19. Today she is worth 2.9 billion dollars, according to Forbes.