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May 9th, 2012
06:34 AM ET

MYB: Big tech CEO college dropouts

Lots of buzz about Mark Zuckerberg as his company Facebook tries to gather up new investors for its IPO.

Everyone on Wall Street is taking a hard look at his credentials and one item he doesn't have on his resume – a college degree. Remember, he dropped out of Harvard after he started Facebook. But Zuckerberg is far from being the first college dropout to go on to create a huge tech company. How about Bill Gates? Steve Jobs?

Christine Romans has been doing some digging and looks at other big tech CEOs who dropped out of school.
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