It's getting painful to read some of the posts on here.

Killer6 said

I understand, and You're preaching to the choir, I am painfully aware of the Oligarchs of the World. But it was irrelevant to My point and question, in today's day and age,
would people/banks/investors give an illiterate person the time of day enough to start a business and succeed?

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They might very well. Money lenders are lately only interested in the merits of the business plan and if it makes enough sense, they are in. I have found more and more that the capital funders are less interested in the credentials of the individual and more interested in the details of the business plan. I have several colleagues that have raised millions and only have high school diplomas...or less.

You'd be surprised how many Venture Captal funds and Angel money investors are plowing funds into ventures who's owners don't have credentials like they did 20 years ago. They don't want to miss the next Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook of the furure.

Conventional banks are pretty much the same as they ever were...reluctant.