{"id":198235,"date":"2026-08-22T20:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/198235\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:09:11","slug":"7-photos-of-billionaires-still-in-education-before-they-were-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/198235\/","title":{"rendered":"7 photos of billionaires still in education before they were rich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although today the likes of Oprah Winfrey<\/a>, Kim Kardashian<\/a>, Bill Gates<\/a> and Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> are all billionaires, at one point they were in full-time education<\/a> just like us.<\/p>\n

So while they now control empires with fortunes beyond our imagination, in the past they also would have sat through the same lessons as many of us, including the dreaded double maths.<\/p>\n

But if you saw photos of them while they were still in education<\/a>, how many do you think you’d actually be able to recognise? Scroll down to find out\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Vintage\u00a9 oprah\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Oprah now has a vast media empire<\/p>\n

Oprah Winfrey<\/p>\n

Oprah is now worth over a cool $2 billion thanks to her media empire, but in this adorable photo, the star still had pigtails! With her serious expression, we wonder if this young Oprah knew what she would go on to achieve\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Bill\u00a9 Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bill is one of the world’s most successful billionaires<\/p>\n

Bill Gates<\/p>\n

Despite dropping out of Harvard, Bill became the world’s youngest billionaire in 1987, and although that record has since been broken, the Microsoft co-founder is still the 19th wealthiest individual in the world.<\/p>\n

In this photo, a young Bill can be seen with his then-girlfriend, Jill Bonnett, and the pair look like the cutest high school couple.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff\u00a9 Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jeff studied hard before founding Amazon<\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos<\/p>\n

At one point, Jeff was the richest person in the world, but when this photo was taken, he hadn’t yet founded Amazon, the company that would lead to his innumerable wealth. The future billionaire was seen studying hard, surrounded by books.<\/p>\n

\"Portrait\u00a9 Instagram<\/p>\n

Kim’s fans loved this throwback<\/p>\n

Kim Kardashian<\/p>\n

Kim has crafted her fortune through her media and beauty companies, but at one point, she was just another girl in high school. In 2022, the star shared a photo of herself from the ninth grade, and fans noted that she looked so much like her daughter Chicago. Will the young girl follow in her mum’s footsteps?<\/p>\n

\"Young\u00a9 Taylor Swift\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Taylor grew up to be a billionaire<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift<\/p>\n

Taylor’s musical career made her the world’s richest female musician, and became the first billionaire primarily through music and performances. But back in this photo, she was just a young girl rocking a zany tie-dyed shirt.<\/p>\n

\"Mark\u00a9 Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Mark founded hsi company while still at Harvard<\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg<\/p>\n

Mark was still in university when he co-founded Facebook, later dropping out of the historic institution, just like Bill Gates did. In this photo, Mark is still just a student, rocking a blue polo top as he sits next to the machine that would help him rake in the billions.<\/p>\n

\"Young\u00a9 Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n

Do you recognise the musician?<\/p>\n

Jay-Z<\/p>\n

Thanks to his incredible career and business ventures, Jay-Z is currently the wealthiest musician in the world, but in this sweet photo, he’s just another school boy wearing a suit for his class photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although today the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are all billionaires, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[154],"tags":[651,23401,110,27628,734,12535,618,88608,11702],"class_list":["post-198235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mark-zuckerberg","tag-bill-gates","tag-celebrity-net-worth","tag-celebrity-news","tag-jay-z","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-mark-zuckerberg","tag-oprah","tag-taylor-swift"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/117140977769925111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}