Rob Kalin
Considered a visionary but also eccentric, Rob Kalin co-founded the profitable e-commerce startup Etsy. He’s since stepped down twice from the chief executive role. He dropped out of high school with a D-minus average but gained admission to a studio program at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on the strength of a portfolio, according to degreescout.com. He later forged graduate credentials so that he could attend design classes at MIT. Kalin does have a legitimate degree in Classics, apparently, from NYU.
