There are many factors that drive wealth such as education, character, information, energy to do, passion, perverance, endurance, patience, skills, opportunity and consistency in ideas that will bring positive impact and value to the society.
These things drive wealth? Or are you trying to say that these things are important to allow a person to make wealth?
Education will get your the degree but the skills are important, if the person is passionate about that they will excel in it with the proper education and the required skills. Having the above qualities will further allow them to run it for the long term and become successful their way of living.
Also the big names in tech and all maybe dropped education, but they are exceptions and thus should not be taken as the rule.
You know. I have been following some left wing independent media outlets and they have lately talked about the myth of wealth creation of those who have managed to become rich in previous years and those who have managed to do it recently. It is true there have been some people who worked their hard way towards becoming successful company owners, completely from the ground up. But those left media outlets say most of the current billionaires and millionaires are done because of the inheritance they get from their parents, they did not actually have to work for what they have.
Education and discipline surely helps to live a life with dignity, but does not mean one is going to be a millionaire anytime soon.