Whoa whoa whoa, there are college drop-outs who have made millions, even billions shortly after? What the heck am I doing with my life? I'm paying to go to college. I know I know, don't get carried away. Because for every 1 Billion college-drop outs, there may be 1 Billionaire. Here are the few exceptional drop-outs who have made it.

10. YC Wang is not even a college drop out. Nope, he's not a high school drop out either...he has an elementary school degree. He built Formosa Plastics into one of Asia's largest petrochemical producers. $5.1 Billion.

9. David Geffen is dubbed the "richest man in Hollywood," after co-founding DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg. Before that he made it big with Asylum Records and Geffen Records. He is also the owner of LA Times. $4.7 Billion, dropped out from University of Texas, Austin.

8. Stanley Ho is the "King of Gambling." He made his money where others lose theirs, casinos. He is responsible for 1/3 of Macau's GDP after dropping out of college. $7 Billion.

7. Donald Newhouse, along with his brother, Samuel, took over their father's newspaper/publication company, Advanced Publications. Together, they run publications such as The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. $7.3 Billion, dropped out of Syracuse University.

6. Jack Taylor dropped out of college because he had to serve in the Navy during WWII. He later founded Rent-a-Car instead of returning to college. $13.9 Billion, dropped out of Washington University.

5. Paul Allen is Bill Gates' right hand man. He teamed up with Gates, after dropping out of college, to start Microsoft. He owns both the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trailblazers. $18 Billion, dropped out of Washington State University.

4. Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple. He dropped out of college after one semester and virtually ntroduced to us "iRevolution." $5.7 Billion, dropped out of Reed College, Oregon.

3. Michael Dell is the founder of the second largest computer company, Dell Computers. $15.8 Billion, dropped out of University of Texas, Austin.

2. Larry Ellison has been the head of Oracle Systems for over 30 years. He's also acquired over $19 billion worth of software companies. $21.5 Billion, dropped out of Illinois University.

1. Of course, Bill Gates is ranked number 1. After dropping out of one of the most prestigious colleges in the country, Gates founded Microsoft with his friend, Paul Allen. He received his honorary Bachelor's Degree when he spoke at Harvard's Class of 2007 Commencement, 30 years after dropping out. $56 Billion, dropped out of Harvard University.

So there you have it, a list of college, and other school level, drop outs who made it BIG.  So if you have a crazy idea, my advice is to just go with it.  Who knows, you may be the next big billionaire.  Of course, if your idea is building a time machine...maybe you should keep going to those 8AM's.  But if you have a practical idea that no one else has come up with yet, consider dropping out of college, you can always go back.  I mean, go big or go home, right?