Yeah , they ’re make a bazillion dollar now , but even the embodied bigwigs had to start somewhere . Here are a few that might give you hope for your own vocation . I ’m specially fond of # 1 …
1 . Robert Iger , chief operating officer of the Walt Disney Company , was a weather forecaster for the local news .
2 . Howard Stringer , CEO of Sony , served in the Vietnam war for the U.S. , even though he is British and had only been in the States for about six weeks when he was drafted . After that he worked various jobs at CBS , including running the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather , which he claim is still his favourite job ever .
3 . Steve Jobs , CEO of Apple , work for Atari on and off for a while , help them develop and tweak games . He designed the circuit panel for the Pong - like gameBreakout .
4 . Mark Parker , chief executive officer of Nike .
This may not come as a surprise , but Mark used to plan footgear … for Nike .
5 . Frank Blake , CEO of Home Depot , served as the practice of law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens .
6 . Larry Probst , the CEO of Electronic Arts ( you acknowledge , The Sims , Spore , Rock Band , etc . ) , was the National Accounts Manager for Clorox . Yeah , the bleach . So it totally makes sensory faculty that he take to the woods a video secret plan publisher now .
7 . Vikram Pandit , the CEO of Citigroup , was a junior finance professor at Indiana University ( Bloomington ) .
8 . Brad Anderson , the CEO of Best Buy , started his career in the medicine business in 1973 as a salesman with a chain of stereo stores called Sound of Music . It took him two weeks to make his first cut-rate sale .
9 . Samuel Palmisano , the CEO of IBM , had a stint trifle substitute sax for The Temptations . OK , it was only for a workweek , but that ’s still interesting .
10 . Alan Lafley , the CEO of Procter and Gamble , start his vocation in 1977 as a " Brand Assistant of Joy " . I ’m assuming that intend the dish scoop , not the emotion . Although that would have been awesome . Balloon animals for all employee ! !
