 Welcome to World's Best Videos. Growing up we get reminded often on how important an education is needed to become successful. These people have decided to take a different route. We've compiled the list of the most successful high school dropouts. Let's get into it. David Karp. Born in New York City, Karp grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Karp attended the Calhoun School from 3rd through 8th grade where his mother teaches science. At 11 he began learning HTML and was soon designing websites for businesses. Karp went on to attend Bronx Science for one year before dropping out at the age of 15 and started homeschooling. Karp started his own software consulting company Davidville, where he worked with computer engineer Mark Armit on projects for his clients. During a gap between contracts in 2006, Karp began to work on a micro blogging website which was launched as Tumblr in February 2007. He sold the blog hosting company to Yahoo for 1.1 billion in 2013 when his net worth reportedly exceeded 200 million and he remains as a company CEO. Quentin Tarantino. Quentin Jerome Tarantino, born on March 27, 1963, he was an American filmmaker and actor. The Oscar winner attended Norbone High School in Harbor City, California until he dropped out at the age of 15 and started working as an usher at an adult film theater while taking acting classes. While working at the video archives in his early 20s, Tarantino wrote script for True Romance and Natural Born Killers, but it was his directorial debut in Reservoir Dogs in 1992 that won him his fame. George Foreman. George Edward Foreman was born on January 10, 1949. He is a former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1997. Nick named Big George. He is the two-time heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Outside of the sport boxing, he went on to become an ordained minister, author, and entrepreneur. Foreman dropped out of school in the 9th grade and ran with street gangs until he joined Job Corps in 1965, where he first started training as a boxer. Most of Foreman's fortune came after his boxing career as a spokesman for Russell Hobbs Inc.'s fat-reducing grill called the George Foreman Grill, which has earned him an estimated worth of 250 million. Richard Branson. Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on July 18, 1950. He is an English business mogul, investor, and philanthropist. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. In 1970, he set up a mail order record business. In 1972, he opened a chain of record store Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastore. Branson Virgin Brand grew rapidly in 1980s as he set up Virgin Atlantic Airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label. Branson is overseeing approximately 500 companies and is estimated to be worth around $5 billion. Thank you so much for watching this video. If you guys did enjoy the video remember to smack that like button. Also let us know in the comment section below what you'd like to see next and if you haven't already subscribed please do subscribe to keep up with the world's best videos.