The 10 MOST SUCCESSFUL College Entrepreneurs

Microsoft, Facebook, Fedex and Apple. These are some of the most successful businesses in the country at the moment. They also have one other thing in common. They were all started by college student entrepreneurs.

Below, check out our slide show of the most successful college entrepreneurs and then weigh in, in the comments section, with your thoughts.

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Mark Zuckerberg

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In February 2004, Zuckerberg founded what would one day become the second most visited website in the world. He was a nineteen-year old sophomore at Harvard. Seven years from that day, one out of every dozen people on the planet would have a Facebook account. As Time Magazine wrote about Zuckerburg in his "Person of the Year 2010 Profile," "Zuckerburg wired a twelfth of humanity into a single network, thereby creating a social entity almost twice as large as the U.S. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest, behind only China and India." To date, Zuckerberg is estimated to be worth about $13.5 billion, making him the youngest self-made billionaire in history.

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In February 2004, Zuckerberg founded what would one day become the second most visited website in the world. He was a nineteen-year old sophomore at Harvard. Seven years from that day, one out of every dozen people on the planet would have a Facebook account. As Time Magazine wrote about Zuckerburg in his "Person of the Year 2010 Profile," "Zuckerburg wired a twelfth of humanity into a single network, thereby creating a social entity almost twice as large as the U.S. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest, behind only China and India." To date, Zuckerberg is estimated to be worth about $13.5 billion, making him the youngest self-made billionaire in history.

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[Idriss Nokour]

08:34 PM on 07/18/2011

REDDIT over Facebook anyday!

[papajohn56]

02:51 AM on 07/11/2011

The founders of reddit? What a joke, the site can't make any money.

[Harold Carter Jr]

10:55 AM on 07/02/2011

So when did we stop trying to invent a cure for cancer or AIDS or the common cold. Seems social media plays a bigger role in society than oh lets say, healing agents. I'm just saying.... it would be cool to see a few doctors or Scientists on this list who made a contribution to the world as well as a profit.

[aphextwin07]

01:52 PM on 07/01/2011

lol @ digg clone

[Clovisclodoveo]

01:18 PM on 06/30/2011

Clovis Clodoveo.
Viendo las espectativas de Frederick Smith por el paso de las universidades y lo
que ha tenido que afrontar en sus ideos sobre negocio de la n ueva generacion, ver
el fracaso que ha tenido. Ahora es que recoge el fruto de su experiencia y triunfa
en la vida. Recomendacion a personas como Frederick esx PERSEVERANCIA EN
SU BUSCA DEL EXITO.

[chilidog 17]

07:26 PM on 06/29/2011

The caption says Wozniak is on the left in the picture, but I think Jobs is on the left, and the Woz on the right. Is that correct?

[Alvin Clavines]

01:51 AM on 06/29/2011

This is interesting. Actually, a lot of our young students can really become great achievers. It is just a matter of having a good idea and making all the right choices. Here’s a really interesting article about choosing between going to college or starting your own business. Would you trade your private student loan for a business loan?

[JustinP213]

01:02 PM on 06/28/2011

See, sometimes people do good things with an inheritance.

[mflorian]

10:05 PM on 06/27/2011

Man, that Zuckerberg has got the most lizard-like stare.

[CRedfield]

08:20 PM on 06/27/2011

It was a riot that this headline had a big picture of Zuckerberg's face with "big on Twitter" in the corner.

[sdmills27]

06:08 PM on 06/27/2011

How in the world is Bill Gates not number one? His product controls around 90% percent of the world. Zuckerberg just created Facebook. Come on.

[blackjacki2]

04:52 PM on 06/27/2011

The reason there are no women on the list is because of discrimination! C'mon ladies, find a corporation you can blame this on and start a lawsuit!

[speakyourmind]

05:24 PM on 06/28/2011

What's your excuse then for not being on the list?

[nwlover]

04:49 PM on 06/27/2011

Nice shade of lipstick, Marky.

[channala]

04:37 PM on 06/27/2011

Nerds.

[ResearchtheFacts]

04:23 PM on 06/27/2011

Misleading title most dropped out of college. At least the founders of the really big companies did.

[ProCynic]

05:05 PM on 06/27/2011

Why not? What is the number one reason most people go to college? Because they've been told that over their lifetime, they will earn more than those that don't have a degree. Which one of these guys would benefit from having a degree?

[ResearchtheFacts]

01:10 AM on 06/28/2011

Nobody on the list. Particularly in Bill Gates case he got bored real early. He was the intuitive mind and he could always hire the rational or logical ones.  Which he did as soon as he set up shop.