What were their first jobs?
Jeff Bezos: McDonald’s fry cook
Oprah Winfrey: cashier
Warren Buffett: door to door sales
Elon Musk: lumberjack
Tim Cook: paperboy
Barack Obama: ice cream scooper
Ray Dalio: golf caddy
Michael Dell: dishwasher
Their stories…and more below 👇 🧵
Jeff Bezos: McDonald’s fry cook
Oprah Winfrey: cashier
Warren Buffett: door to door sales
Elon Musk: lumberjack
Tim Cook: paperboy
Barack Obama: ice cream scooper
Ray Dalio: golf caddy
Michael Dell: dishwasher
Their stories…and more below 👇 🧵
Richard Branson saw a gap in the bird market.
Always an entrepreneur… he started breeding parakeets when he was 11.
He sold them as pets to his friends.
Always an entrepreneur… he started breeding parakeets when he was 11.
He sold them as pets to his friends.
Barack Obama scooped ice cream when he was 16 years old.
He worked at a Baskin-Robbins in Honolulu.
“Scooping ice cream is harder than it looks,” he later said. “Rows and rows of rock-hard ice cream can be brutal on the wrists.”
He worked at a Baskin-Robbins in Honolulu.
“Scooping ice cream is harder than it looks,” he later said. “Rows and rows of rock-hard ice cream can be brutal on the wrists.”
Jeff Bezos worked at a McDonald’s in Miami when he was 16.
He recently reminisced about the gig.
Bezos particularly enjoyed the Saturday morning shift.
He liked cracking eggs into a big bowl.
He recently reminisced about the gig.
Bezos particularly enjoyed the Saturday morning shift.
He liked cracking eggs into a big bowl.
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s first job was delivering newspapers.
He’s from a small town in Alabama.
There was one drugstore. His mom worked there.
Cook later worked there too, as well as a restaurant.
He’s from a small town in Alabama.
There was one drugstore. His mom worked there.
Cook later worked there too, as well as a restaurant.
Elon Musk had a range of odd jobs.
Here he is in 1989, during a stint working on his cousin’s farm in Saskatchewan.
He then moved to Vancouver and worked as a lumberjack.
He also cleaned the boiler room at a lumber mill.
Here he is in 1989, during a stint working on his cousin’s farm in Saskatchewan.
He then moved to Vancouver and worked as a lumberjack.
He also cleaned the boiler room at a lumber mill.
During high school, Sheryl Sandberg worked as an office assistant.
Her dad was an ophthalmologist.
“I would check the patients in, take their insurance,” she later said.
She was also an aerobics instructor.
“It was the 1980s…the leg warmers, the headbands…the whole thing.”
Her dad was an ophthalmologist.
“I would check the patients in, take their insurance,” she later said.
She was also an aerobics instructor.
“It was the 1980s…the leg warmers, the headbands…the whole thing.”
Warren Buffett got started at age 6!
He sold packs of gum.
He bought them at his grandfather’s store…then sold them door to door.
He sold packs of gum.
He bought them at his grandfather’s store…then sold them door to door.
Michael Dell wanted to earn money for his stamp collection.
So when he was 12, he worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant.
He was later promoted to busboy.
So when he was 12, he worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant.
He was later promoted to busboy.
Long before Reed Hastings started Netflix, he sold vacuum cleaners.
He’d go door to door in high school.
He even deferred college for a year to continue selling.
“I loved it, strange as that may sound,” he later said.
“You get to meet a lot of different people.”
He’d go door to door in high school.
He even deferred college for a year to continue selling.
“I loved it, strange as that may sound,” he later said.
“You get to meet a lot of different people.”
Mark Cuban liked to hustle from a young age.
When he was 12, he started going door to door, selling garbage bags:
When he was 12, he started going door to door, selling garbage bags:
Ray Dalio was a golf caddy when he was 12 years old.
He learned about investing listening to golfers who worked on Wall Street.
He learned about investing listening to golfers who worked on Wall Street.
Finally, Oprah started at the grocery store. Since then?
Age 68: worth $5 billion
Age 64: signs w/ Apple
Age 61: buys 10% of Weight Watchers
Age 56: starts OWN TV
Age 46: starts magazine
Age 42: starts book club
Age 32: syndicated tv show
Age 31: first film
Age 19: first TV job
Age 68: worth $5 billion
Age 64: signs w/ Apple
Age 61: buys 10% of Weight Watchers
Age 56: starts OWN TV
Age 46: starts magazine
Age 42: starts book club
Age 32: syndicated tv show
Age 31: first film
Age 19: first TV job
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