Do You Know First Jobs Of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos And Other Tech Billionaires? Here Is Your Answer.
Jyotis - Jul 29, 2019
These unspoken rules are true for both normal employees and top-world tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Take a quick look at the following list if you are curious about their first jobs!
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To gain our life goals, each of us often has to be familiar with first jobs that may not be our liking. However, it must be a vital first step before we can go forward to bigger dreams. These unspoken rules are true for both normal employees and top-world tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Take a quick look at the following list if you are curious about their first jobs!
1. Elon Musk: Sell video game codes
The famous Tesla founder and CEO began his career by selling video games codes when he was just 12. He called the video game Blastard.

2. Jeff Bezos: flip burgers at McDonald's
As one of the richest tech billionaires in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos worked as a burger flipper for McDonald's. He earned 2.69 dollars per hour for this first job.

3. Eric Schmidt: work for a chipmaker
Before Eric Schmidt turned himself into a key member of Google, he worked for Zilog – the chipmaker that manufactured chips for consoles of Sega and Nintendo.

4. Kevin Systrom: Clerk at a record store
The Instagram co-founder used to work as a clerk at a record store before establishing the video-sharing social networking company and taking part in the tech world.

5. Larry Ellison: Computer programmer
The first job of the co-founder of Oracle was a computer programmer. In addition, he also built databases for Ampex Corporation and Amdahl Corporation.

6. Jack Dorsey: Software professional
In an interview, the Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed that he used to hack into a server of a dispatch company and fill his first job as a software professional.

7. Travis Kalanick: salesman
The Uber founder Travis Kalanick began his career as a door-to-door salesman.

8. Evan Spiegel: Unpaid intern for Red Bull
The Snapchat founder used to work as an unpaid intern at the Fuschl, Austria-headquartered company Red Bull.

9. Richard Branson: Owner of a magazine
With a 100-pound capital, Richard Branson, at 16, started off an owner of a magazine named Student Magazine. After that, he set up the Virgin Group in the 1970s.

10. Michael Dell: Dishwasher for a restaurant
The last name in the list of tech billionaires is Michael Dell. The Dell founder, at 12 years old, started off as a dishwasher for a Chinese restaurant.

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