Young Aussie reveals the secret perks of attending a private school that the rich struggle to admit: 'There's a huge difference'

A publicly-educated entrepreneur has revealed the three crucial advantages he believes are only accessible to those who attended private schools.

Zane Marshall, founder of marketing agency Lux Social, claimed that 70 per cent of the CEO's who ran the nation's top 100 companies were privately educated.  

Mr Marshall said private schools offered their students three things - a good education, a high level of self-worth and exclusive networking opportunities. 

'When you look at the difference between public and private schools there's a huge difference, despite what people say,' he said in a TikTok video. 

'Where I think private school students get the biggest advantage is it's who you know, it's the network that you are exposed to. Obviously the level of education plays a huge part but it's the network that is the most important. 

'When I compare my friends that went to private schools, they all went off into really high paying jobs or got these amazing opportunities early on through their network from the private school. 

'Whether it was from the sporting team, whether it was from a friend of a friend that they went to school with, someone's uncle, someone's dad, they all got really good opportunities through the network in the school.'

Mr Marshall said the level of self-worth instilled in students at private schools was the most important ingredient for future success. 

'The level of confidence and the high level of self-worth that is instilled in private school students by their teachers. I didn't get that at public school,' he said. 

Viewers were divided over the video, with some public school students saying they were able to earn success without any help or connections.

'I went to a public school - absolutely killing it with zero connections,' one said. 

'Great doctors, engineeers, scientists all have come from public schools. Maybe our money into public schools more. Give equal education to all,' a second wrote. 

However, others agreed private school students had an advantage. 

'So a private education is LinkedIn without the app,' one wrote. 

'This an absolute truth. The networking is more valuable than anything. Also due to the cost, parents are much more invested,' a second said. 

A third wrote: 'Mainly applies to the elite private schools. Not just network, you learn the mannerisms, social etiquette, faux pas and insight to global old money.'

'Probably because they already have generational wealth as well?' a fourth shared to  which Mr Marshall replied: 'Absolutely. That's normally a strong factor too.'

One commenter said they had excelled at private school but 'failed at life'. 

'I was set up to fail by the massive expectations put on me,' they said. 

'Doesn't matter if you go to a private school because the elite guard their networks. These positions are filled due to nepotism, not 'who you know',' another said. 

Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar and his wife Kim Jackson have children at Cranbrook, an exclusive private school in Sydney's eastern suburbs. 

However, Mr Farquhar - whose net worth exceeds $18billion - attended the government-funded James Ruse Agricultural School in Carlingford. 

His Atlassian co-founder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, graduated from Cranbrook - which also boasts casino magnate James Packer and his father Kerry in their alumni. 

Former prime minister Scott Morrison attended the public Sydney Boys High School while his successor, Anthony Albanese, went to St Mary's Cathedral College. 

In 2014, an AFR Weekend review found that two thirds of Australia's chief executives of the nation's biggest 100 companies attended private schools. 

Woolworths chief Grant O'Brien was found to be the only publicly educated chief executive in the top 10 companies. 

At the time, 65 per cent of Australian children attended government-run schools.