LOST IN LIFE?
by Anna Vital
PEOPLE WHO TOOK AN INDIRECT PATH TO SUCCESS
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20
years of life
Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks owner
until 25 bartender at his own bar
Suze Orman, finance guru
until 30 a waitress
Harrison Ford, actor and producer '
30
until 30s a carpenter
Ray Kroc, McDonald's founder
until 52 sold paper cups and
milkshake mixers
Mary Kay Ash, Mary Kay founder
until 45 sold books and
home goods door-to-door
Andrea Bocelli, singer
until 33 piano player at bars
Amancio Ortega, Zara founder
until 30 shirt shop helper
Ang Lee, film director
until 31 jobless house husband
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter author
Z./ until 31 single mom on welfare
anoj Bhargava, 5-Hour Energy founder
Pejman Nozad, angel investor
Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas Sands founder
until 30s rug dealer
until 30s sold shampoo and windshield defroster
NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Funders and Founders
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