Sep 18, 2024, 03:57 PM IST

First job of the world's richest people

Harshvardhan Jaiman

Elon Musk's first job involved working on his cousin's farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, where he performed various tasks such as shoveling grain bins, tending to vegetables, and cutting logs with a chainsaw

Bernard Arnault began his career in 1971 at his father's construction company, Ferret-Savinel, where he quickly demonstrated his entrepreneurial skills by shifting the company's focus to real estate

Jeff Bezos's first job was as a fry cook at McDonald's, where he worked during the summer at age 16, earning $2.69 per hour and gaining valuable insights into customer service and fast-paced work environments

Warren Buffett's first job was as a newspaper delivery boy for The Washington Post at age 13, where he earned about $175 per month. He used his earnings to invest in a 40-acre farm by the age of 15

Bill Gates's first job was as a computer programmer for TRW, where he worked during his senior year of high school at the age of 15

Mark Zuckerberg's first job was writing code for "Thefacebook" in 2004 while he was a 19-year-old Harvard student, where he launched the social networking site from his dorm room

Mukesh Ambani's first job was working alongside his father, Dhirubhai Ambani, to help establish Reliance Industries Limited in 1981 after he left his MBA program at Stanford University