College yearbooks do not care about the future. They just print the face, the hair, and maybe a quote. Sitting in those pages, though, are people who went to run companies, steer governments, reshape tech, and land on world stages.
What you’re about to scroll is a set of college yearbook shots and the moments before the title, the board seat, the Oval Office, or the billion-dollar idea.
1. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon
2. Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author of “A Brief History of Time”
3. Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
4. Jon Stewart, longtime host of The Daily Show
5. Howard Stern, groundbreaking radio host and media personality
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6. Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President and climate advocate
7. Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Bloomberg LP and former mayor of New York City
8. Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike
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9. Vint Cerf, internet pioneer known as the “father of the internet”
10. Spike Lee, Oscar-winning filmmaker and cultural storyteller
11. Magic Johnson, NBA legend and major business owner
12. Oprah Winfrey, talk show icon
13. Warren Buffett, investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
14. George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
15. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and gender-equality advocate
16. Ken Chenault, former CEO of American Express
17. Sam Walton, founder of Walmart
18. Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce
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These college yearbook faces almost calm compared to what came next. Some of them built things the world now runs on, and some of them held real power. If you like these “before it all hit” snapshots, keep scrolling through these 20 Historical Figures from World War I and World War II, or these 20 Yearbook Photos of History’s Most Infamous Male Criminals. You can also check these School Yearbooks of People Who Later Changed the World.
