They didn’t even finish school: Kidman, Rihanna and other uneducated millionaires

Not many people know this, but Joaquin Phoenix barely graduated from ninth grade. The fact is that the future Oscar-winning actor grew up in a family of bigots. When the child was still very young, the family moved frequently. Later, mom and dad tied the kids up to shoot in commercials. Since then, Joaquin and his brother have studied mostly at home and haven’t spent much time in class.

Now Phoenix is ​​earning several million dollars for the project. For his role in the movie “Joker”, which brought Joaquin “Oscar”, he received 4.5 million dollars. The actor spends most of the money on charity.

Nicole Kidman was a diligent student. However, the future star had to drop out of school when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. There was no one to take care of the woman except her daughter-in-law, so the girl had to sacrifice her education for the sake of her family.

Nicole had to work as a masseuse to earn at least some money. Around the same time, she began acting in films and appearing on television. A resounding success came to him after the release of the film “Dead Calm” in 1989.

Quentin Tarantino left high school at 15. His mother gave the green light on one condition: the son had to find a job.

The future director kept his promise: he got a job as an usher at a local cinema in Torrance and went to study James Best’s acting lessons. A few years later, Quentin started working in a video club, where his vision as a director developed.

According to experts, Tarantino’s condition for 2019 was estimated at $120 million. And this is not the limit.

When Harry was 16, he took part in the popular project The X Factor. After some time, the young man became a member of One Direction and began to actively tour. The budding artist just wasn’t up to school, so he never graduated.

Styles made a music bet and didn’t lose. Just last year, this handsome man earned 12 million pounds (about 1 billion rubles). Isn’t it a success?

The founder of the Inditex group of companies left school at the age of 12. Amancio Ortega was born into a poor and large family. He had a difficult childhood, so from an early age the boy only thought about helping his relatives out of poverty.

“I remember one afternoon after school I went with my mother to get some food. I was very young and she met me at school. Then very often we went shopping. The store we went to was one of those big grocery stores with a counter so high, so high that I couldn’t really see who was talking to my mom, but I heard a male voice say what I had been through
time and never forget: “Joseph, I’m sorry, but I can’t sell you any more goods on credit.” I felt a shock. I was only 12,” the billionaire later recalled.

His first position was as an assistant in a shop-workshop. Later, he and his brother founded their first company. “We opened an account at 2,500 pesetas (less than 20 euros today). My half-sister, who knew how to sew, and my first wife, Rosalia, made the famous quilted dresses, which were very fashionable at the time,” Ortega said in an interview. Now he and his family members are one of the richest people on the planet.

“I don’t have a high school diploma or a college degree, but in order for you to properly formulate your thoughts, you have to study,” Jay-Z said during one of the talks. According to the artist, he studied at the Trenton School in New Jersey, but left to work in a grocery store.

Later, for the sake of easy money, Sean (real name of the artist. – ed. approx.) started selling drugs, but settled down in time and decided to start a new life. Currently, he is the only billionaire among hip-hop artists.

At 16, Rihanna left school in Barbados for a contract with Def Jam Recordings. The star’s classmates said that Riri studied well, but at the first opportunity she chose a career. And this is understandable: the future artist grew up in a poor family.

For a long time, she sold clothes in a small town market, and when she was offered to move to the United States, she accepted without hesitation. Today, Rihanna is one of the most popular artists of our time, and her family can be proud of her.

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