The success stories of many billionaires around the world inspire many people of our generation and have, on several occasions, ignited a desire in many to start their own business.  However, many of these successful people began their career by working ordinary jobs. Let’s look at 5 such successful people, who started their career by working some very ordinary jobs.

First jobs of famous billionaires

1) Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and is often referred to as the “Oracle of Omaha.”  However, this American business magnate started his career by selling Coca-Cola bottles, chewing gum and magazines door-to-door.  At the age of 13, he became a newspaper delivery boy and made $ 175 a month, delivering The Washington Post.  He continued to look for other business ventures and accumulated savings of $ 9,800 by the time he finished college.  Now, with a net worth of $ 82 billion, he is the fourth richest person in the world.

2) Michael Bloomberg 

Michael Bloomberg, who founded the financial, software, data and media company Bloomberg L.P., worked as a parking lot attendant when he was young.  Born to middle class parents, Bloomberg worked in a parking lot to pay his tuition fees in college and went on to graduate from Harvard Business School.  Now a well known philanthropist, Michael Bloomberg is one of the richest people in America, with a net worth of $ 53.5 billion.

3) Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is a well known media mogul and entrepreneur, who worked as a grocery store clerk in Nashville to support herself.  She then landed a job in radio at the age of 16 and worked her way to the top, eventually owning her own production company. Now, with a net worth of $ 2.6 billion, she is considered one of the most influential women in the world and is a source of inspiration to many.

4) Li Ka Shing

Li Ka Shing was the former chairperson of CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings and is one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Asia.  Coming from a poor family, he started his career as an apprentice at a watch strap factory when he was 13 years old and at the age of 19, became the general manager of the factory.  He later started his own plastic manufacturing company and used the profits from the company to invest in real estate. Li slowly worked his way up the ladder of success and is now one of the richest people in Hong Kong, with a net worth of $ 27.1 billion. 

5) Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is an American Shark Tank investor, co founder of Broadcast.com and owner of the American basketball team Dallas Mavericks.  Cuban began working at the age of 12 as a door to door garbage bag salesman. After graduating college, he worked as a bartender and then as a salesman for a software company.  He started his own company, Broadcast.com, after getting fired from his job and now has a net worth of $ 4.1 billion.

It is true, starting at the bottom does not guarantee success.  However, if you find your passion and work hard towards it, nothing is impossible, as the aforementioned individuals proved.