[chipdart]

> He could study and work in less known places but could had the knowledge, drive and was in the right place to start a business.

I don't think your take is grounded in reality. The man lived through the tech sector age, and was right there at the exec table of a company that represented the semiconductor industry. For that to happen, he had to build up his academic background.

This isn't something a clueless tech bro is able to get right by winging it on the fly and delivering TEDx talks. You need to know what you are doing, and what you need to have in place.

[fragmede]

I don't think GP is saying that a clueless nobody could just "wing it", but that there are plenty of good engineering schools that aren't MIT. You won't get the same connections as you would at MIT, but you still learn all about the Shockley Ideal Diode Equation.