People usually wonder about the lives of the billionaires and the richest people of the world and take inspiration from them to attain similar financial success.

Attending prestigious education institutes may have enabled them to reach the top however, this is not always the case. Some of them have attended public sector institutes as well.

Elon Musk $197.4 billion

Elon Musk, who is the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, went to public schools in the South African city of Pretoria where he was born. He is one of the richest people in the world.

The billionaire attended public schools; Waterkloof House Preparatory School and Bryanston High School.

For the secondary education, he went at another public sector institution Pretoria Boys High School.