Virgin
Empire founder Richard Branson’s first job was selling Christmas trees. NBA
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s first job was selling garbage bags. Las
Vegas Sands Corporation CEO Sheldon Adelson’s first job was selling newspapers.
Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky’s first job was selling carpets. And Elon
Musk, the founder of Telsa Motors and PayPal, started his working life writing
video games.
From
their humble beginnings, all of these self-made billionaires have changed
course scores of times. The infographic below, generated by San Francisco-based
startup organization Funders and Founders, shows just how many different
businesses these legendary entrepreneurs launched.
Funders
and Founders also analyzed all 1,426 billionaires in the world. From there, the
company segmented out the 960 that are self made and determined that 830 of
them earned their wealth from more than one business.
