The annual Hurun University of Life Rich List 2017, released last Tuesday, shows that half of 2,000 Chinese entrepreneurs with assets of at least 2 billion yuan ($300 million) have no degree.

据上周二发布的胡润《2017社会大学英雄榜》显示，中国资产超20亿（约合3亿美元）的企业家有2000位，其中半数没有高等学历。

Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher of the institute, said that "these people might not succeed in accordance with current social standards; however, they made it and created great enterprises, which taught me that a hero may rise from nowhere."

胡润主席、首席研究员鲁珀特·胡润表示：“按当前的社会标准，这些人可能不会成功；但是他们却做到了，并创造了伟大的企业，这告诉我们英雄不问出处。”

The report listed the top 100 heroes, with Zong Qinghou, chairman of Wahaha Group, one of China's biggest beverage¹ producers, ranking first.

这份报告列出了100名英雄，其中哇哈哈集团主席宗庆后排在首位。

Zong, 72, from East China's Jiangsu Province, ranked No.41 in the Hurun Global Rich List 2016 and No.5 in the China Rich List 2016 with his wealth of $19 billion.

72岁的宗庆后来自中国东部的江苏省，在《2016胡润全球富豪榜》上排名第41位，在《2016胡润中国富豪榜》上排名第五，资产约为190亿美元。

The report said that Zong started work after graduating from middle school and established Wahaha beverage factory in 1988.

该报告指出，宗庆后在中学毕业后就开始工作，并于1988年创办了哇哈哈饮料厂。

Over the past 20 years, he built up his drinks empire and is a deputy of the National People's Congress.

在过去20多年里，宗庆后建立起了自己的饮料帝国，并成为了一名全国人大代表。

Also on the list are Chinese tech entrepreneur Jia Yueting, chairman of LeEco, who was born in 1973 in North China's Shanxi Province and became an Internet worker after graduating from a vocational school, and SOHO China Chairman Pan Shiyi, a property tycoon², who was born in 1963 and graduated from a vocational school.

同时上榜的还有乐视总裁贾跃亭和SOHO中国董事长潘石屹。贾跃亭是山西人，1973年出生，从职业学校毕业后成为了一名互联网工作者；潘石屹是一位房产大亨，出生于1963年，也毕业于一所职业学校。

Compared with those who obtained a degree, the average wealth of the top 100 entrepreneurs without a prominent education background is 24.9 billion yuan, 9.6 billion yuan less than those who went on to further education.

和那些获得大学学位的富豪相比，前100位没有突出教育背景的企业家的平均财富为249亿人民币，要比接受高等教育的富豪们少96亿。