This article makes it seem like being a college dropout isn’t too bad. However, I think Mark Zuckerberg is the exception to the college dropout situation. Zuckerberg was officially declared the highest paid CEO of 2012.
Zuckerberg was paid more than double the second CEO on the list. He also doubled his net worth in one year. Zuckerberg also changed his salary from 500,000 to just one dollar a year. Zuckerberg made most of his money when Facebook went public and his sixty million shares were worth 2.3 billion dollars. Now that Facebook has gone public control of the company is not completely in the hands of Zuckerberg. The next few years will be interesting to watch Zuckerberg give up power and listen to others ideas. Facebook is also on a downturn in society. I think if Zuckerberg was a smart man he would sell his shares of the company soon and get out while he can still make a large profit. History has shown many young entrepreneurs try to get their companies to revive when they have simply run their course.
Zuckerberg is a very smart man, he is the main reason Facebook is as big as it is. I am excited to see how Zuckerberg plays out his future with the Facebook company.
http://mashable.com/2013/10/23/mark-zuckerberg-ceo-pay/
This is interesting. I can’t wait to see what happens with Facebook over the next couple of years.
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That thing about him changing his salary is really interesting. It almost makes you respect him more as a person. I wonder what is being done with that extra $499,999 a year now.
Zuckerberg is proof that you can be a college drop out and make it big. You just have to already be incredibly intelligent
Zuckerberg does show that you can drop out of college and still be successful in life. However I believe someone should be exceptionally smart and have a plan before they drop out of college. Zuckerberg knew what he was going to do and that’s how he is so successful. Just because, however, Zuckerberg dropped out of college and made it big does not mean anyone can just drop out of college and expect to be a millionaire.
I believe that although Zuckerberg as demonstrated so far that you can drop out of college and still be successful, I think it will show in the next couple years if it was a truly a good decision or not. With Facebook slowly going downhill Zuckerberg will need to make smart decisions and come up with good ideas in order to get it back to where it was before.
Zuckerberg is a rare case. Most people will definitely not be able to find the kind of success he has. You need a certain set of skills and a lot of ingenuity. I know that I will never be able to do that, an I don’t think I’d want to take that kind of risk.