17 Celebrities Who Are Smarter Than You May Think

16. John Legend

John Legend was offered scholarships to Harvard, Georgetown and Morehouse College but choose to attend UPenn. He studied English and African American Literature. Before his music career took off he was employed as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group which is one of the most prestigious consulting firms in the entire world. He had to write, produce and record his own music and released two albums independently before he was signed to a record label.