First Jobs of The Richest American Entrepreneurs

I like reading lists like this:

John D. Rockefeller
Greatest Wealth – $318 Billion at age 74
First Job – Book keeper
Andrew Carnegie
Greatest Wealth – $298 Billion at age 68
First Job – Textile laborer
Henry Ford
Greatest Wealth – $188 Billion at age 57
First Job – Machinist
Warren Buffet
Greatest Wealth – $62 Billion at age 77
First Job – Newspaper delivery boy
Bill Gates
Greatest Wealth – $57 Billion at age 53
First Job – Congressional page
Sergey Brin
Greatest Wealth – $18.7 Billion at age 35
First “Job” – Student
Michael Dell
Greatest Wealth – $17.3 Billion at age 43
First Job – Dishwasher for a Chinese restaurant
Steve Jobs
Greatest Wealth – $5.4 Billion at age 53
First Job – Gopher at Hewlett Packard
Oprah Winfrey
Greatest Wealth – $2.7 Billion at age 54
First Job – Part time radio news broadcaster
Mark Cuban
Greatest Wealth – $2.8 Billion at age 50 (and probably half of that after his divorce)
First Job – Bartender
* All financial figures based on 2008 US Dollar Value

Personally, I think being a gopher at Hewlett Packard could have been cool.

Posted by on December 11th, 2008 at 10:35 am


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